ˌover-aˈbundance
[over- 25, 29 c.]
Too great abundance; superabundance, excess.
| 1382 Wyclif Ezek. xviii. 17 [If he] shal not take vsure and ouere-aboundance [Vulg. superabundantiam]. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 53 Man awe gretly eschewe ouerdoynge and ouerabundance of despensz. 1615 Hieron Wks. I. 608 Lest I should..dul you by the ouer aboundance of that matter, by which my desire is to quicken you. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 125 You..blessed me with an over-abundance of blessings. 1971 Nature 19 Feb. 548/1 The large overabundances of Li, Be and B are probably due to spallation. |
So ˌoveraˈbundant a., too abundant, excessive; ˌoveraˈbundantly adv., superabundantly.
| 1503 Kalendar of Sheph. D vij, To be ower abondant wyth owt necessyte. 1862 Goulburn Pers. Relig. 159 No one ever sought to please our Heavenly Master without succeeding and being over-abundantly recompensed. 1887 J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 190 The Palace, the Grand, the Railway Hotel..with overabundant show and overlittle comfort. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 249 And though wine, wheat, and beef production were well below the previous year's exceptionally high figures, milk, fruit and vegetables were over-abundant. 1971 Nature 19 Feb. 548/1 The element F is undetected in several energy ranges, but may be over⁓abundant in the 50–200 meV/nucleon range. |