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Webster 1913 Edition
Inundate
In-un′date
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inundated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inundating
.] [L.
inundatus
, p. p. of inundare
to inundate; pref. in-
in + undare
to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda
a wave. See Undulate
.] 1.
To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood;
as, the river
. inundated
the town
Syn. – To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inundate
INUN'DATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To overflow; to deluge; to spread over with a fluid. The low lands along the Mississippi are inundated almost every spring.2.
To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was once inundated with bills of credit. The presses inundate the country with papers.