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“abounding in”
abound in/with (verb phrase) (something), abounds in/with; abounded in/with; abounding in/with
To be filled with something or to contain a very large amount of something: "They live in an area which abounds with oil."
They were fishing in a stream that abounded in fish."
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“abounding in”
(Latin: suffix; forming adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in)
(Latin: full of, abounding in, having the qualities of, characteristic of something)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; a place for; abounding in or connected with something; a place containing or related to that which is specified by the root)
(Latin: flower; full of flowers, abounding in flowers; flora, plant life, plants of a general region or period)