- 1. v. t. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. Source: opted
- 4. v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Source: wordnet
- 5. v. to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation Source: wordnet
- 6. v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Source: ecdict
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