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Definition of Overbrim
1. v. i. To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.
Definition of Overbrim
1. Verb. To flow over the brim; to overflow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overbrim
1. to flow over [v OVERBRIMMED, OVERBRIMMING, OVERBRIMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbrim
Literary usage of Overbrim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... thy quest Sipping or draining deep from crystal rim Where pleasure sparkled,
when did overbrim That draught its goblet with the fullest zest ? ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"... and heaven standing out the one thing visible, full of suggestions of the
treasures lying under and about it—are sufficient to overbrim the eager brain. ..."
3. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"Theirs be the thoughts that dive and skim, Theirs the spiced tears that overbrim,
And theirs the dimple and the lightsome whim. Such natures, and but such, ..."
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