Definition of Delge
Deluge, name given to the tradition, common to several races, of a
flood of such universality as to sweep the land, if not the earth, of all
its inhabitants, except the pair by whom the land of the earth was
repeopled.
- Wikipedia
Del"uge (?), n. [F.
déluge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash
away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to
wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium.] 1.
A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an
inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood
in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes
great destruction. "The deluge of summer."
Lowell.
A fiery deluge fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton.
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London]
street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has
still survived in the deluge. F.
Harrison.
After me the deluge.
(Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de
Pompadour.
Del"uge, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Deluged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Deluging.] 1. To overflow with water; to
inundate; to overwhelm.
The deluged earth would useless
grow. Blackmore.
2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover;
to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the
northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies;
the land is deluged with woe.
At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away
the sins (and sinners) of the world.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A great flood or rain.
The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- An overwhelming amount of something.
The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
- The Deluge: The Biblical flood during the time of Noah.
- To flood with water.
- To overwhelm.
After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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