archaic: to flow beyond its banks—used of a body of water
2
obsolete: to go beyond bounds : go to excess
Word History
Etymology
French déborder, from Middle French desborder, from des- de- + -border (from bord shore, bank, edge, board of a ship, from Old French bort edge, end, board of a ship)
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