Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To flow over the brim or edge: said of a liquid.
- To be so full as to overflow the brim: said of the vessel or cavity in which any liquid is.
- To fill to overflowing; overfill.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. rare To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.
Etymologies
- over- + brim (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It seemed as if he held his heart in his hands, like a full cup that the least motion might overbrim.”
“He talks of his old friends who have taken their departure before him with a perfect simplicity, while I have seen the tears gather and suddenly overbrim his eyes.”
“O thou Well of Poetry well forth thy gems * O'er our drink when our cups overbrim with wine:”
“But if the pitcher shall overbrim with water ere thy ear shall hear and understand, thou shalt then be given as a prey, and as a bondsmaiden, unto those who shall possess the fat and the fair of the earth.””
“But if the pitcher shall overbrim with water ere thy ear shall hear and understand, thou shalt then be given as a prey, and as a bondsmaiden, unto those who shall possess the fat and the fair of the earth. ”
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