overfloat

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ float.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈfləʊt/

Verb

overfloat (third-person singular simple present overfloats, present participle overfloating, simple past and past participle overfloated)

(archaic) To overflow.
- 1654, John Bate, The Mysteryes of Nature, and Art; conteined in foure seuerall Tretises:
  Sundry Fields and Meddowes there are, that are usually overfloated a long time together
To float above
- 2010, Samuel Hazo, Like a Man Gone Mad:
  It's hidden in the perfect overfloating clouds and less than perfect trees whose branches interrupt the sky.

References

“overfloat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

floatover