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English
Etymology
From over- + float.
Pronunciation
Verb
overfloat (third-person singular simple present overfloats, present participle overfloating, simple past and past participle overfloated)
- (archaic) To overflow.
1654, John Bate, The Mysteryes of Nature, and Art; conteined in foure seuerall Tretises:Sundry Fields and Meddowes there are, that are usually overfloated a long time together
- To float above
2010, Samuel Hazo, Like a Man Gone Mad:It's hidden in the perfect overfloating clouds and less than perfect trees whose branches interrupt the sky.
References
“overfloat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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