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Search phrase: overflow

Plays

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Much Ado About Nothing	MA I.i.25	A kind overflow of kindness; there are no faces	A kinde ouerflow of kindnesse, there are no faces
Pericles	Per II.iv.24	And now at length they overflow their banks.	And now at length they ouer-flow their bankes.
Richard II	R2 V.iii.63	Thy overflow of good converts to bad,	Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad,
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.iii.4	Excess and overflow of power, an't might be,	Exces, and overflow of power, and't might be

Poems

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Venus and Adonis	Ven.72	Perforce will force it overflow the bank.	Perforce will force it ouerflow the banke.

Glossary

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overflow	overwhelm, destroy, defeat
overflow	flood, become inundated
overflow	pour out, overflow with
overlook	overflow, rise above, exceed
overswell	flood, inundate, overflow

Thesaurus

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overflow	overswell
overflow	overlook
overflow with	overflow

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
OVERFLOW	BASIC	see FLOW

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