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overwhelmed, ppl. a.
(-ˈhwɛlmd, poet. -ˈhwɛlmɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Overturned (obs.), submerged, overpowered, etc.: see the verb. Hence overˈwhelmedness.
c1440Promp. Parv. 374/1 Ovyr qwelmyd, or ouer hyllyde, obvolutus. 1616J. Lane Cont. Sqr.'s T. (1888) 169 note, Whose teeres..weare his seaes..in which o'rewhelmd experience [etc.]. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 253 No image so well expresses the overwhelmedness under affliction or temptation. |