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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1584-1585
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Overflete, -fleit, v. P.p. -flet. tr. and intr. To overflow; to abound. = Ourflete v. — 1513 Doug. x. v. 135 (Ruddim.).
Ouerflet 1513 Ib. vii. Prol. 162. 1513 Ib. xiii. iii. 131.
Ouerflete a1585 Montg. Maitland Quarto MS lxiv. 46.
As waill and wit of womanheid That sa with vertew dois ouerfleit
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