The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
overflowed — n. spillage; abundance, plenitude; surplus, extra; malfunction in which a program tries to store data when there is no free space in the memory (Computers) v. spill over, be filled to the point of flowing over; fill to the point of running over … English contemporary dictionary
overflowed lands — Those that are covered by nonnavigable waters (not including lands between high and low water mark of navigable streams or bodies of water, nor lands covered and uncovered by ordinary daily ebb and flow of normal tides of navigable waters) … Black's law dictionary
overflowed lands — Lands which are covered by nonnavigable waters or are subject to such periodical or frequent overflows of water, salt or fresh (not including lands between high and low water marks of navigable streams or bodies of water, nor lands covered and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
swamp and overflowed lands — Lands unfit for cultivation by reason of their swampy character and requiring drainage or reclamation to render them available for beneficial use … Black's law dictionary
maretum — Overflowed marshes … Ballentine's law dictionary
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Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed … Universalium
overflow — overflows, overflowing, overflowed (The verb is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)flo͟ʊ[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)floʊ[/t]].) 1) VERB: no passive If a liquid or a river overflows, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in.… … English dictionary
