Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteflowing by
the eaſier they yield to the Moment of the preterfluent Blood, and the more they are ſtretch'd
1718, Edward Strother, Criticon Febrium1 more example
or like the men of Egypt, ſhall we only confine our view to the preterfluent ſtream of Nile, and reſolve to look no higher, becauſe, it is ſaid, its fountain-head lies hid beyond the mountains of the moon?
1723, Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata
Origin
- Latinpraeterfluens
- Englishpreterfluent
From Latin praeterfluens.
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