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Overbrim, ō-vėr-brim′, v.t. to fill to overflowing.—v.i. to be so full as to overflow.—adj.

And hath children given: When the soft heads overbrim The brown nests; then thank ye Him In the clouds of heaven.

The task of keeping it all from her mother was a great daily strain, and the secret had to overbrim for the edification of Lazarus.

A gentle rivulet carries the overbrim away.

Speak on!" she bade, "my thirsty heart is held To catch your words, as lillies catch the dew— So eager that it fain would overbrim With the fresh gathering.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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