n. [ OE. (h)abundaunce, abundance, F. abondance, L. abundantia, fr. abundare. See Abound. ] An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Exuberance; plenteousness; plenty; copiousness; overflow; riches; affluence; wealth. -- Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc. Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. ] League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hindi band. ] An embankment against inundation. [ India ] S. Wells Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pers. bandar a landing place, pier. ] A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., from bund (akin to E. bond) confederacy + rath council, prob. akin to E. read. ] Lit., a federal council, esp. of the German Empire. In the German Empire the legislative functions are vested in the Bundesrath and the Reichstag. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ The Bundesrath of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments. [ 1913 Webster ]

By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, -- the Bundesrath -- is chosen, and the head of this is a president. J. P. Peters (Trans. Müller's Pol. Hist.). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G.; bund confederacy + versammlung assembly. ] See Legislature, Switzerland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. bündel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind. ] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bundled p. pr. & vb. n. Bundling ] 1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]

They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; -- usually done for related products which work or are used together. [ PJC ]

To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony; as, the working mothers bundle their children off to school and then try to get themselves to work on time. --
To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bundle up, to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously. [ PJC ]

a. sold together as a single item; -- usually done for related products which work or are used together. [ PJC ]

adj. dressed warmly; as, bundled-up sailors and soldiers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a former custom, especially in New England, in which unmarried couples occupied the same bed without undressing, especially during courtship. See bundle{ 2 }, v. i. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the act of binding something into a bundle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the act of shoving hastily; as, she complained about bundling the children off to school. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Hind. & Per. bando-bast tying and binding. ] System; discipline. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He has more bundobust than most men. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. cogitabundus. ] Full of thought; thoughtful. [ R. ] Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also kummerbund, cummerband, etc. ] [ Hind. kamarband, fr. Per. Kamar loins + band fastening. ] A sash for the waist; a girdle. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ G., fr. drei three + bund league. ] A triple alliance; specif., the alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy, formed in 1882. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. errabundus. ] Erratic. “Errabund guesses.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furibundus, fr. furere to rage. ] Full of rage. [ Obs. ] G. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ludibundus. ] Sportive. [ Obs. ] -- Lu"di*bund*ness, n. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal. ] In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dying person. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. present in excess.
Syn. -- plethoric, rife. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n.; G. pl. Saengerbünde /plu>. [ G. sängerbund. ] (Music) A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs, esp. German. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. sub- + L. unda a wave. ] A flood; a deluge. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. superabundantia: cf. OF. superabondance. ] The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. superabundans, p. pr. of superabundare. See Superabound. ] Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bundle. ] To release, as from a bundle; to disclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

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