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overdrowned

overdrowned is the simple past and past participle of overdrown.

Meaning of overdrown

Verb

overdrown (third-person singular simple present overdrowns, present participle overdrowning, simple past and past participle overdrowned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drench or wet to excess.
    • VVhen caſting round her ouer-drovvned eyes, […]1616, William Browne, “The First Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 9

Questions about overdrowned

What is overdrowned the simple past and past participle of?
Overdrowned is the simple past and past participle of overdrown.

Words near overdrowned in the dictionary

  1. overdropped
  2. overdropping
  3. overdrops
  4. overdrove
  5. overdrown
  6. overdrowned
  7. overdrowning
  8. overdrowns
  9. overdrug
  10. overdrugged
  11. overdrugging

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