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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1640-1645
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Over-water, v. [e.m.Du. ouer-waeteren to inundate, e.m.E. over-water (a 1682).] tr. To inundate, immerse, ‘bathe’. — 1640 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 604.
[He] whose arrows are over-watered and pointed with love 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith (1743) Ep. Ded. 3.
A sea and boundless river of visible living and breathing grace … to over-water men and angels
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