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† overˈwhelve, v. Obs.
[f. over- 6 + whelve v. to roll.]
1. trans. To overturn; to cause to roll or tumble, as waves. (Cf. overwhelm v. 1.)
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. metr. iii. 39 (Add. MS.) Þe horrible wynde aquilon moeueþ boylyng tempestes and ouer whelweþ [v.rr. whelueth, welueeth, -welueth] þe see. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 781 In the somer do thy cure Vppon Septemtrioun to ouerwhelue Hit vpsodoun.
2. fig. To overthrow, bring to ruin. (Cf. overwhelm v. 3.)
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 161 (Colch. MS.) For harme and stryffe of that upon thi self May ryse, ye and perchaunce the over whelve [Fitzw. MS. ouer thee whelue]. a1618Sylvester Tobacco Battered 128 A Burthen able..to sink The hugest Carrak; yea, those hallowed Twelve, Spain's great Apostles, even to over-whelve. |