Overwhelm

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) The act of overwhelming.

(2): ( v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

(3): ( v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.

(4): ( v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover.

King James Dictionary

Overwhelm',

1. To overspread or crush beneath something violent and weighty, that covers or encompasses the whole as, to overwhelm with waves. 2. To immerse and bear down in a figurative sense as, to be overwhelmed with cares, afflictions or business. 3. To overlook gloomily. 4. To put over. Not used.