overfloat

English

Etymology

over- + float

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈfləʊt/

Verb

overfloat (third-person singular simple present overfloats, present participle overfloating, simple past and past participle overfloated)

  1. (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
  2. 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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