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    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.

    1. The votes are due to take place 11 months after Malawi's 9.7m people voted by an over- whelming majority in a ref-erendum to end one-party rule.
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