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exundation Now rare.|ɛksʌnˈdeɪʃən| [ad. L. exundātiōn-em, n. of action f. exundāre: see exundant.] Overflow (of a body of water).
1577Holinshed Chron. II. 58 Great part of Flanders being drowned by an exundation or breaking in of the sea. 1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 46 The rising of the former [pool], and exundation of the latter. 1792A. Geddes Bible, Gen. xlv. 6 note, The fertility of Egypt depends on the regular exundations of the Nile. 1853Fraser's Mag. XLVIII. 708 The issue of the waters, or exundation from the pond. |