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O`ver*flow" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] [AS. oferfl&unr_;wan. See Over, and Flow.] 1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. Spenser.
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2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
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O`ver*flow", v. i. 1. To run over the bounds.
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2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.
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O"ver*flow` (?), n. 1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation. Bacon.
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2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.
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3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
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Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.
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