v. Obs. rare. In 5 surhabunde. [a. OF., F. surabonder: see SUPERABOUND.] intr. To superabound. So † Surabundance, overflowing; † Surabundantly adv., superabundantly.
c. 1400. trans. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh., 76. Whenne superfluytez ouer mekyll *surhabundys to þe heued. Ibid., 81. Yn Iuyn, whenne humours surhabunden.
1471. Caxton, Recuyell (Sommer), 275. A … pestelence. That toke his begynnyng of a *surbabondance of the see, wherof ye stretes of troye were full … of water.
a. 1400. Pauline Epistles, Eph. iii. 20. To hym … þat may alle þyng make *surabundauntli.
