Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To flow over the brim or edge: said of a liquid.
- To be so full as to overflow the brim: said of the vessel or cavity in which any liquid is.
- To fill to overflowing; overfill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.
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- verb To
flow over thebrim ; tooverflow .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It seemed as if he held his heart in his hands, like a full cup that the least motion might overbrim.
XXXI. Book II 1920
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It seemed as if he held his heart in his hands, like a full cup that the least motion might overbrim.
The Age of Innocence 1920
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It seemed as if he held his heart in his hands, like a full cup that the least motion might overbrim.
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 1899
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He talks of his old friends who have taken their departure before him with a perfect simplicity, while I have seen the tears gather and suddenly overbrim his eyes.
The Silent Isle Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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O thou Well of Poetry well forth thy gems * O'er our drink when our cups overbrim with wine:
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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But if the pitcher shall overbrim with water ere thy ear shall hear and understand, thou shalt then be given as a prey, and as a bondsmaiden, unto those who shall possess the fat and the fair of the earth.”
Woodstock 1855
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But if the pitcher shall overbrim with water ere thy ear shall hear and understand, thou shalt then be given as a prey, and as a bondsmaiden, unto those who shall possess the fat and the fair of the earth. "
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801
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