A*bun"dant (?), 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.
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.
Syn. -- Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant;
overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See
Ample.