inflood
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inflood
- /ˈinˌflʌd/ US, UK
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PIE word
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From in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; towards’) + flood (“overflow of water from a lake or other body of water; flowing in of the tide; to overflow; to cover or partly fill as if by a flood”). Compare Saterland Frisian Íenfloud (“influence”), West Frisian ynfloed (“influence”), Dutch invloed (“influence”), Middle Low German invlôt (“influence”), German Einfluss (“influence”), Danish indflydelse (“influence”), Swedish inflytande (“influence”), Norwegian innflytelse (“influence”).
noun infloods
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The act or process of flooding or flowing in; an inflow or influx.
We are prepared to substantiate our assertion, that two-thirds of the shoal that have of late rushed into our professional main, have been attracted by commissions and offices; have been called in fact to qualify themselves by standing for appointments, without cherishing a hope of maintaining thems
Similar: inflooding, influence, tide
verb infloods · inflooding · inflooded
- Of a river, water, etc.: to flood or flow into (a place). But O—Alas! 'twas in thy native town, / Franklin, they strove to crush the hero down; / Revil'd and stamp'd him with the stain of blood, / That he in battle should the foe inflood!
- To flood or flow in; to inflow. [T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]
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