| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·bound |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -bound |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: a·bound·ed, a·bound·ing, a·bounds
1. To be great in number or amount. 2. To be fully supplied or filled; teem. See synonyms at teem1. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English abounden, from Old French abonder, from Latin abund re, to overflow : ab-, away; see ab–1 + undre, to flow (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Appendix I).
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