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Abundant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABUND'ANT, a. Plentiful; in great quantity; fully sufficient; as an abundant supply. In scripture, abounding; having in great quantity; overflowing with.
The Lord God is abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34.
Abundant number, in arithmetic, is one, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the sum of 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 3.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water" [ant: scarce]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin abundant-, abundans, present participle of abundare to abound Date: 14th century 1. a. marked by great plenty (as of resources) <a fair and abundant land> b. amply supplied ; abounding <an area abundant with bird life> 2. occurring in abundance ; ample <abundant rainfall> Synonyms: see plentiful • abundantly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 existing or available in large quantities; plentiful. 2 (foll. by in) having an abundance of (a country abundant in fruit). Derivatives: abundantly adv. Etymology: ME f. L (as ABOUND)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Abundant A*bun"dant, a. [OE. (h)abundant, aboundant, F. abondant, fr. L. abudans, p. pr. of abundare. See Abound.] Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. ``Abundant in goodness and truth.'' --Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3. Syn: Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is abundant is present in large quantities. There is an abundant supply of cheap labour... Birds are abundant in the tall vegetation. = plentiful ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Abounding, flowing, overflowing, plentiful, plenteous, copious, much, exuberant, luxuriant, replete, full, large, ample, good, liberal, bountiful, lavish, rich, teeming, thick.

Moby Thesaurus

abounding, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, blooming, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bursting, bursting out, common, copious, countless, crammed, creative, crowded, diffuse, diffusive, effuse, effusive, epidemic, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, formless, fructiferous, fruitful, full, full of, galore, generous, gushing, gushy, in good supply, in plenty, in quantity, inexhaustible, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, many, maximal, much, multitudinous, numerous, opulent, overflowing, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, pleonastic, pregnant, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, proliferous, prolific, rampant, redundant, reiterative, repetitive, replete, rich, rife, riotous, running over, seminal, superabundant, swarming, tautologous, teeming, thick, thriving, uberous, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale