What does "overwhelm" mean?
Overwhelm: Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. Ps. lv.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.To project or impend over threateningly. His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight. Shak.
- 4.To cause to surround, to cover. Papin.
- 5., n. The act of overwhelming. [R.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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