Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overflowed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See {Over}, and
{Flow}.]
1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other
fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
--Spenser.

2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.


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