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overwhelm |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overwhelmed}; p. pr & vb n. {Overwhelming}.] 1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence figuratively, to immerse and bear down to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly. The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii. 53. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and horror hath overwhelmed me --Ps. lv 5. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them --Shak. Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton. 2. To project or impend over threateningly. His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. --Shak. 3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overwhelm \O"ver*whelm`\, n. The act of overwhelming. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overwhelm v 1: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: {overpower}, {sweep over}, {whelm}, {overcome}, {overtake}] 2: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: {deluge}, {flood out}] 3: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: {submerge}, {drown}] 4: overcome by superior force [syn: {overpower}, {overmaster}]
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