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Pronunciation : O`ver*flow"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. oferfl. See Over, and Flow.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : O`ver*flow"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To run over the bounds.

2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : O"ver*flow`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913