overbrim

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ brim.

Verb

overbrim (third-person singular simple present overbrims, present participle overbrimming, simple past and past participle overbrimmed)

1. (transitive) To flow over the brim of; to overflow.
2. (intransitive) To be so full as to overflow.
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 235:

     And all the while, methought, his voice did swim,
     As if it drowned in remembrance were
     Of thoughts which make the moist eyes overbrim: […]

References

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

Anagrams

• brim over