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inundant, a.|ɪˈnʌndənt|
[ad. L. inundānt-em, pr. pple. of inundāre: see inundate v. and -ant.]
Overflowing, inundating, flooding.
1629Drayner Conf. B iv b, The River (whose naturall Current, as it is most plentifull, so his excesse is most inundant). 1634Heywood & Brome Witches Lanc. v. Wks. 1874 IV. 252 It is in vaine to guesse at this my griefe 'Tis so inundant. 1635Heywood Hierarch. viii. 530 A Torrent..in the Spring and Winter inundant and raging. c1750Shenstone Economy i. 173 Thy voice, hydropic Fancy! calls aloud For costly draughts, inundant bowls of joy. 1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 346 What measure we bring thither of faith to hold, so much of the inundant tide of grace do we receive within us. |