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inundate

[in-uhn-deyt, -uhn-, in-uhn-deyt]

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verb (used with object), -dat·ed, -dat·ing.

to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.

to overwhelm: inundated with letters of protest.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin inundātus, past participle of inundāre to flood, overflow, equivalent to in- in-² + und(a) wave + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

in·un·da·tion, noun

in·un·da·tor, noun

in·un·da·to·ry

[in-uhn-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

su·per·in·un·da·tion, noun

un·in·un·dat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
2. glut.

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inundate (ˈɪnʌnˌdeɪt)

—vb
1.	to cover completely with water; overflow; flood; swamp
2.	to overwhelm, as if with a flood: to be inundated with requests

[C17: from Latin inundāre to flood, from unda wave]

'inundant

—*adj*

in'undatory

—*adj*

inun'dation

—n

'inundator

—n

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Word Origin & History

inundate

1620s, from pp. stem of inundare (see inundation).

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