Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rise above the rim, bounds, or banks of; overflow.
- To rise, as a flood; overflow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb rare To swell or rise above; to overflow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To swell or rise above; to
overflow .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + swell
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My annotations avoid only one subject, parallels of European folklore and fabliaux which, however interesting, would overswell the bulk of a book whose speciality is anthropology.
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My annotations avoid only one subject, parallels of European folklore and fabliaux which, however interesting, would overswell the bulk of
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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