exundate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin exundatus, past participle of exundare (to overflow), from ex (out) + undare. See undated (waved).

Verb[edit]

exundate (third-person singular simple present exundates, present participle exundating, simple past and past participle exundated)

  1. (formal) To overflow; to inundate.
    • 1887, Bret Harte, The Crusade of the Excelsior:
      A breath of awakening and resurrection moved over the face of the waters; recreation and new-born life sparkled everywhere; the past night seemed forever buried in the vast and exundating sea.