overdrown

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verb

To drench or wet to excess.

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Meanings

verboverdrown (third-person singular simple present overdrowns, present participle overdrowning, simple past and past participle overdrowned)

present singular third person overdrowns · participle present overdrowning · participle past overdrowned · past overdrowned

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo drench or wet to excess.

    VVhen caſting round her ouer-drovvned eyes, […]

    1616, William Browne, “The First Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 9

Origin

From over- + drown.

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APA

overdrown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdrown

MLA

“overdrown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdrown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdrown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdrown.

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