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ˈoverˈflown, ppl. a. arch. or dial.
[The original pa. pple. of overflow v.]
= overflowed ppl. a.
1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love, Heret. affirm. b j b, Whosoeuer feadeth of the ouerflowne word..eateth truely the flesh of Christ. 1653R. G. tr. Bacon's Hist. Winds 96 Vapours out of the Sea and Rivers, and over-flowne Marishes. 1707–12Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 217 Foul Flood, as overflown Hay, Grass rotted by the long standing of Water on it in wet Summers. 1818Southey in Q. Rev. XIX. 6 Crossing an overflown stream on the way to Boulogne. |