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Webster 1913 Edition
Deluge
Del′uge
(dĕl′ū̍j)
, Noun.
1.
A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (
Gen. vii.
). 2.
Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
“The deluge of summer.” Lowell.
A fiery
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
deluge
fedWith ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Milton.
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the
deluge
. F. Harrison.
After me the
(Aprés moi le déluge.)
deluge
.(Aprés moi le déluge.)
Madame de Pompadour.
Del′uge
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deluged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deluging
.] 1.
To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The
deluged
earth would useless grow. Blackmore.
2.
To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy;
as, the northern nations
deluged
the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged
with woe.At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall
Shall
deluge
all. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deluge
DELUGE
,Noun.
1.
Any overflowing of water; an inundation; a flood; a swell of water over the natural banks of a river or shore of the ocean, spreading over the adjacent land. But appropriately, the great flood or overflowing of the earth by water, in the days of Noah; according to the common chronology, Anno Mundi, 1656. Gen 6.2.
A sweeping or overwhelming calamity.DELUGE
, v.t.1.
To overflow with water; to inundate; to drown. The waters deluged the earth and destroyed the old world.2.
To overwhelm; to cover with any flowing or moving, spreading body. The Northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies.3.
To overwhelm; to cause to sink under the weight of a general or spreading calamity; as, the land is deluged with corruption.