O`ver*flow" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.] [AS. oferflwan. 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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O`ver*flow", v. i.
1.
To run over the bounds.
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.
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.
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