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Overflow
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.
2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.
3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid. Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. Spenser.
2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To run over the bounds.
2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.