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# {{label|en|archaic}} To [[flood]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} To [[flood]].
#* {{quote-book|year=|author=J. Bayard Taylor|title=Views a-foot|chapter=|edition=|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11535
#* {{quote-book|year=|author=J. Bayard Taylor|title=Views a-foot|chapter=|edition=|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11535
|passage=On the 28th of March, the river '''overflooded''' the high pier along the Main, and rising higher and higher, began to come into the gates and alleys.}}
|passage=On the 28th of March, the river '''overflooded''' the high pier along the Main, and rising higher and higher, began to come into the gates and alleys.}}

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Englisch

Etymology

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Verb

overflood (third-person singular simple present overfloods, present participle overflooding, simple past and past participle overflooded)

  1. (archaic) To flood.
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  2. To flood or fill completely; to overflow.
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Nomen

overflood (plural overfloods)

  1. A flood; an excess or superabundance.