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† iˈnund, v. Obs. Chiefly Sc.
[ad. L. inund-āre: see inundate. Cf. OF. enunder (12th c.), inonder (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
trans. To inundate, flood. lit. and fig. Hence iˈnunding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1628Sir W. Mure Spir. Hymn 195 Of ire what hudge, inunding spaite, had quenchde our of-spring weake? 1628― Doomesday 586 What ouerflowing spaite, Inunding this Theater great. 1631–2Acc. Burgh Peebles (Rec. Soc.) 417 The schoole flore whilk wes invndit with the water. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 13 Tyber..impetuously inunding his bankes. Ibid. vii. 317 Such inunding can not be called cherishings. 1659Fuller App. Inj. Innoc. ii. 18 Those Sholes of People..came into Jiutland, and thence Inunded the most of Europe. |