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- noun Obsolete form of
aboundance .
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Examples
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Then gussheth there out of hym, suche aboundaunce of lice, that a manne would thinke they had bene barelled in his body: and that the barel now broken, the swarme plomped out.
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Vpon the Southe border of Affrike, dwell there menne called of the Grekes Cynnamie, and of their neighbours Sauluages: Bearded, and that with aboundaunce of heare.
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Hebrues, (and rightlye so iudged) to be the country that God promised vnto Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, flowinge in aboundaunce of milke and honie.
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Thei ioyne not mariages for nobilitie of birthe, or aboundaunce of substaunce, but for beaultie, and rather vpon regarde of frute, then of luste.
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But because my desyre was yet to goe further, I asked the Mahumetan whether that citie of Mecha was so famous as all the world spake of it: and inquired of him where was the great aboundaunce of pearles, precious stones, spices, and other rich merchandies that the bruite went of to be in that citie.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Here is great aboundaunce of all kynd of merchandies, by reason of resorte in manner of all nations thyther, except jewes and christians, to whom it is not lawfull to come thyther.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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This parte of _Rhetorike_ is large to intreate vpon, for the aboundaunce of matter.
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And then they kissed and embraced again, drinking vp one anothers teares, which distilled from them in such aboundaunce.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Nature moueth me to worke, and wisedome herein sheweth me to prouide: for what hur - teth plentie, or aboundaunce of store, though greate plentie commeth thereon, for better it is to bee oppressed with plen - tie, and aboundaunce, then to bee vexed with lacke.
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There are beastes in greate aboundaunce, as redd dere and fallowe dere, leopardes and other kindes, which they take with their bowes and arrowes, which are their chefeste weapons.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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