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t. [Eng. over, and well, v.] Το overflow. "The water over welled the edge."-Black more: Lorno Doone, ch. xix. *ō-ver-went', pret . & pa . par . of v . [OVERGO.1 *ō'-ver-wět, s. [Eng. over , and wet .] Exce of wet. "Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time." Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 669. ō-ver-whělm', *o-ver-whelme, v. t. [English over, and whelm.] 1. To crush underneath an exce ive weight or force; to destroy utterly; to swallow up. 2. To crush; to weigh down; to overcome, to overpower. "A tremblynge cold of dread clene overwhelm eth my heart." Surrey: Psalm 1v. 3. To overflow; to cover entirely; to overspread. "Humming water must o'erwhelm thy corpse." Shakesp. Pericles , iii. 1. *4. To put over; to wrap. "Then I overwhelm a broader pipe about the first." Dr. Papin . IMG:content-0488.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Overpowering, crushing, irresistible. *2. Overhanging, beetling. "An apothecary late I noted, In tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, v. 1. ō-ver-whelm-Ing-lý, adv . [Eng. overwhelm ing; -ly.] In an overwhelming manner or degree; overpoweringly. "Overwhelmingly ponderous in regard of the pernicious consequents." - Decay of Christian Piety. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. overwhelve *o-ver-whelve', v . t . [A. S. ofer =over, and hwelfan, hwylfan=to cover.] To overwhelm. "The horrible wind Aquilon moueth boiling tempeste, and ouerwhelueth the see." - Chaucer: Boecius, ii. ō-ver-wind, v . t . [Eng. over , and wind , v.] To wind too much or too far; as, to overwind a watch. *ö-ver-wing', v . t . [Eng. over , and wing , v.] To outflank; to extend so as to cover the wing or flank. "Agricola doubting to be overwing'd , streaches out his front."- Milton : Hist. Eng ., ii. *ō-ver-wipe', v. t. [Eng. over , and wipe .] To wipe or smear over. "Those synnes whiche are with the pencell of daily prayer overwyped ."-Sir T. More: Works, p. 797.