OVERFLOW,
1. To spread over, as water to inundate to cover with water or other fluid.
2. To fill beyond the brim.
3. To deluge to overwhelm to cover, as with numbers.
The northern nations overflowed all christendom.
OVERFLOW,
1. To run over to swell and run over the brim or banks.
2. To be abundant to abound to exuberate as overflowing plenty.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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