overswell , over-swell (v.) Old form(s): ore-swell
flood, inundate, overflow
H5 II.i.89[Pistol to all] Let floods o'erswell, and fiends for food howl on!
JC IV.iii.159[Cassius to Lucius] Fill, Lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup
KJ II.i.337[King John to King Philip, comparing his claim to a river] Whose passage, vexed with thy impediment, / Shall leave his native channel and o'erswell
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