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单词 overstream
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overstreamv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstriːm/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstrim/
Forms: see over- prefix and stream v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, stream v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + stream v.
Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
transitive. To flow over (something) in a stream; to stream over or across.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (transitive)] > over > in a stream
overstream1616
bestream1860
1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) i. v. 74 When an vniuersall floud of fire shall ouer-streame the whole world.
1833 H. Ellison Madmoments I. 349 Eternal Love, soft as a Star, o'erstreams The conscious Face of Heaven.
1855 W. B. Ullathorne tr. Theodotus of Ancyra Immaculate Conception ii. 25 He on whose head there is water poured is overstreamed with the dropping of fluid from head to foot.
1877 E. Pfeiffer Glân-Alarch i. 71 She stood, all over-streamed By golden sunbeams, set against a bank.
1941 Stirring Sci. Stories Apr. 114/2 By sunset-time the berg had diminished to a mass no larger than a common floe; yet still the welling blackness overstreamed it.

Derivatives

overˈstreaming adj. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing
delavya1400
floating1578
swimmingc1595
overfloten1601
gulf-eating?1611
overflowing1611
overrunning1611
tideful1622
inundant1629
diluvial1656
exuberant1678
diluviana1684
overflown1818
deluging1824
deluginous1835
insurgent1849
flooding1850
overstreaming1860
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 478 The fulness of the over-streaming Love of God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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