In a state of bursting; ready to burst or breaking open.
From 'a-' (prefix indicating a state or condition) + 'burst' (from Old English 'berstan,' to break or burst); archaic adjectival form.
Medieval and Renaissance writers loved 'aburst'—you see it in Shakespeare for dramatically expressing fullness or emotional overflow, though modern English replaced it with 'bursting.'
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