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overwhelm

Webster 1828

OVERWHELM', verb transitive 1. To overspread or crush beneath something violent and weighty, that covers or encompasses the whole; as, to overwhelm with waves.2. To immerse and bear down; in a figurative sense; as, to be overwhelmed with cares, afflictions or business.3. To overlook gloomily.4. To put over. [Not used.]O'VERWHELM, noun The act of overwhelming