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overflow (v.)
Old English
oferfleow
"to flow across, flood, inundate," also "to flow over (a brim or bank);" see
over-
+
flow
(v.). Related:
Overflowed
;
overflowing
.
overflow (n.)
1580s, "act of overflowing," from
overflow
(v.).
