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单词 overwelter
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overwelterv.

Forms: see over- prefix and welter v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, welter v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + welter v.1 Compare overwelt v. and earlier overwalt v.The form ouerwalterand is apparently a parallel formation < over- prefix + walter v.1; compare overwalt v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To roll over and over; to overturn, knock down.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > turn over and over or roll
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a1450 (a1400) Siege Jerusalem (BL Add.) (1932) 1207 (MED) Ouerwelterde [a1400 Laud. Tytus..setteþ an engyne..& to þe wal dryueþ, Þat alle ouerwalte, þer he went].
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 18 The rageand storm ourweltrand [1553 ouerwalterand] wally seys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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