abundancen.[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.()It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. (Raleigh.)()