Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-VER-FLOW
O-VER-FLOW, v.t.
- To spread over, as water; to inundate; to cover with water or other fluid.
- To fill beyond the brim.
- To deluge; to overwhelm; to cover, as with numbers. The northern nations overflowed all christendom. Spenser.
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