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overfloat en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈfləʊt/

Etymology

From over- + float.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To overflow.
    • Sundry Fields and Meddowes there are, that are usually overfloated a long time together 1654, John Bate, The Mysteryes of Nature, and Art; conteined in foure seuerall Tretises:
  2. To float above
    • It's hidden in the perfect overfloating clouds and less than perfect trees whose branches interrupt the sky. 2010, Samuel Hazo, Like a Man Gone Mad:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overfloating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overfloats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overfloated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overfloated Tense=Past lexicographic