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inundation

[in-uhn-deyt, -uhn-, in-uhn-deyt] Example Sentences Origin

in·un·date

[in-uhn-deyt, -uhn-, in-uhn-deyt]
verb (used with object), in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing.
1.
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
2.
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

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


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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inundation
early 15c., from L. inundationem (nom. inundatio) "an overflowing," from inundatus, pp. of inundare "to overflow," from in- "onto" + undare "to flow," from unda "wave" (see water).
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