inundatev.

Brit.

/ˈɪnʌndeɪt/,

/ɪˈnʌndeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɪnənˌdeɪt/

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin inundāre ( < in- (in- prefix³) + undāre to flow): see -ate suffix³. The stress is now mostly on the first syllable, though this is not found in the dictionaries before c1880; later dictionaries still give preference to iˈnundate . See note to contemplate v.

1. transitive. To overspread with a flood of water; to overflow, flood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > flood or overflow [verb (transitive)]

overruneOE

overflowOE

surround1444

overfleeta1460

infounder1505

overfloat1601

inund1628

deluge1649

inound1657

flood1663

to set on float1692

overflood?1784

inundate1791

float1794

freshet1865

1791 W. Beloe in tr. Herodotus Hist. I. ii. Note 39. 240 During the period when the Nile inundates Ægypt.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 169 To produce an annual overflow of the Amazon..and to inundate a great part of Brasil.

1898 T. B. Maclachlan Mungo Park viii. 64 The rivers were overflowing their banks and inundating the land.

2. transferred and figurative. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; to overwhelm, ‘swamp’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > apply in excess > overwhelm with excessive amount

plaster1546

inundate1623

deluge1654

overwhelm1806

flood1882

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inundated, ouerwhelmed.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 67 God has..strengthened the sphere and activity of the Fire to inundate things sacred and civil.

1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 60 I was inundated with letters, describing the crisis.

1831 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xi. 354 That strange mixture of opinions, which were now inundating the world under the name of Gnosticism.

1849 R. Cobden Speeches 80 I say inundate Ireland with Indian corn and good wheat.

Derivatives

inundated adj. flooded.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooded

overflown1579

surroundedc1595

flotten1601

aflooda1729

submergent1834

flooded1836

overflooded1860

inundated1875

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xl. 395 Columbus and other navigators, who first encountered these banks of Algae, compared them to vast inundated meadows.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inundate
释义	inundatev. Brit. /ˈɪnʌndeɪt/, /ɪˈnʌndeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɪnənˌdeɪt/ Etymology: < participial stem of Latin inundāre ( < in- (in- prefix³) + undāre to flow): see -ate suffix³. The stress is now mostly on the first syllable, though this is not found in the dictionaries before c1880; later dictionaries still give preference to iˈnundate . See note to contemplate v. 1. transitive. To overspread with a flood of water; to overflow, flood. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > flood or overflow [verb (transitive)] overruneOE overflowOE surround1444 overfleeta1460 infounder1505 overfloat1601 inund1628 deluge1649 inound1657 flood1663 to set on float1692 overflood?1784 inundate1791 float1794 freshet1865 1791 W. Beloe in tr. Herodotus Hist. I. ii. Note 39. 240 During the period when the Nile inundates Ægypt. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 169 To produce an annual overflow of the Amazon..and to inundate a great part of Brasil. 1898 T. B. Maclachlan Mungo Park viii. 64 The rivers were overflowing their banks and inundating the land. 2. transferred and figurative. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; to overwhelm, ‘swamp’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > apply in excess > overwhelm with excessive amount plaster1546 inundate1623 deluge1654 overwhelm1806 flood1882 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inundated, ouerwhelmed. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 67 God has..strengthened the sphere and activity of the Fire to inundate things sacred and civil. 1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 60 I was inundated with letters, describing the crisis. 1831 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xi. 354 That strange mixture of opinions, which were now inundating the world under the name of Gnosticism. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 80 I say inundate Ireland with Indian corn and good wheat. Derivatives inundated adj. flooded. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooded overflown1579 surroundedc1595 flotten1601 aflooda1729 submergent1834 flooded1836 overflooded1860 inundated1875 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xl. 395 Columbus and other navigators, who first encountered these banks of Algae, compared them to vast inundated meadows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1623
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