Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inundation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inundation \In`un*da"tion\, n. [L. inundatio: cf. F.
inondation.]
1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an
overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over
grounds.
With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the
deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. --Wilkie.
2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous
abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of
tourists.
To stop the inundation of her tears. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inundation
n : the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land [syn: {flood}, {deluge}, {alluvion}]
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