diluviate

English

Etymology

Latin diluviare.

Verb

diluviate (third-person singular simple present diluviates, present participle diluviating, simple past and past participle diluviated)

1. (obsolete) To run as a flood[17th century].

References

• “diluviate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.