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Whelmed
Whelm Whelm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whelmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelming.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w["o]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. ? bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay. 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. ``The whelming weight of crime.' --J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Whelm
Whelm Whelm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whelmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelming.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w["o]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. ? bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay. 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. ``The whelming weight of crime.' --J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

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- look at the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 RDNA 4 GPUs and I am officially whelmed". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 6, 2025. Thomas, Jacqueline (January 6, 2025)...
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- effectual aid, We perish'd, each alone; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulphs than he. The Castaway, 1799, lines 61–66 'Tis pleasant...
- Toller Whelme is a small hamlet in Dorset, England, situated in the civil parish of Corscombe approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of Beaminster, 6 miles...
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- common. Examples include *effable and ineffable, *kempt and unkempt, or *whelmed and overwhelmed. A gap in semantics occurs when a particular meaning distinction...
- Calhoun that, without the Texas issue, the Calhoun forces would be over whelmed by the presidential momentum of their rival Van Buren." Merry, 2009, p...