OVERBLOW
\ˌə͡ʊvəblˈə͡ʊ], \ˌəʊvəblˈəʊ], \ˌəʊ_v_ə_b_l_ˈəʊ]\
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By Noah Webster.
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[=o]-v[.e]r-bl[=o]', v.i. to blow over or to be past its violence: to blow with too much violence.--v.t. to blow away: to blow across.--adj. OVERBLOWN', blown over or past, at an end: burnt by an excessive blast, in the Bessemer steel process.
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[=o]-v[.e]r-bl[=o]', v.t. to cover with blossoms or flowers.--adj. OVERBLOWN', past the time of flower, withered.
By Thomas Davidson
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