whelm

[Whelm]

Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

Verb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli


v. t.
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

v. t.
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

v. t.
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.


Whelm

Whelm , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whelmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelming.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in whylfan, whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w'94lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all!
The whelming billow and the faithless oar.
2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. "The whelming weight of crime." J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] Mortimer.

To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

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