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overwhelmo-var-hwelm, -welmi v. 1. to overcome in feeling; 2. to defeat by overpowering; 3, to cover or bury beneath a
mass of something; 4.
to give an excessive amount of anything; 5. to overthrow. -overwhelming adj. 1300-1350, Middle
English from
overwhelmen to turn over, cover up