O"ver*flow` (?), 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.
O`ver*flow" , v. i. 1. To
run over the bounds.
2. To be superabundant; to abound. Rogers.
O`ver*flow" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Overflowing.]
[AS. oferfl&?;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.
The northern nations
overflowed all Christendom.
Spenser.
2. To flow over the
brim of; to
fill more than full.
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