Now rare. [ad. L. exundātiōn-em, n. of action f. exundāre: see EXUNDANT.] Overflow (of a body of water).
1577. Holinshed, Chron., II. 58. Great part of Flanders being drowned by an exundation or breaking in of the sea.
1679. Plot, Staffordsh. (1686), 46. The riseing of the former [pool], and exundation of the latter.
1792. A. Geddes, Bible, Gen. xlv. 6, note. The fertility of Egypt depends on the regular exundations of the Nile.
1853. Fraser’s Mag., XLVIII. 708. The issue of the waters, or exundation from the pond.
