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Superaboundand, -ab(o)undant, (ppl.) adj. Also: superhabundand, superabunding. [Late ME and e.m.E. superhabundaunt (Hoccleve), -haboundaunt (1508), -abundant (1592), -abounding (1594), MF superabondant (a1486 in Larousse), late L. superabondant-; Superabound v.]

1. Exceedingly abundant or plentiful; excessive.(a) 1490 Irland Mir. II 33/19.
This precius deid of Jhesu and his merit … procedit of his awne fre will and of superhabundand cherite(b) 1533 Bell. Livy I 10/18.
Riches and superaboundant pleseris has brocht in avarice, and gevin occasioun … to devore and consume euerything c1610 Jok Uplandis Newis 16a.
They … burst furth in praysing of the mightie Lord of heaven for that super-abundant mercie 1695 Cullen Kirk S. 13 Jan.
They will be found lyable since their possession for the superabundant profit of the money(c) 1605 Acts Sederunt i 62.
The sueet fruits quherof, … hes bein alwise to every ane of them in particular, reaped in superabunding measurs

2. Additional; extra; over and above. 1560 Bk. Disc. 186.
Albeit the Ordour of Geneva … is sufficient to instruct the diligent reader … yit for ane uniformitie to be keipit we have thocht gude to adde this as superaboundand