The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81380 Message #1489985
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
21-May-05 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Imponderables
Subject: RE: BS: Imponderables
whelm v.t. (poet., rhet.) Engulf, submerge, overwhelm.[perh. f. OE *hwelman= hwylfan overturn, whence dial. whelve (Oxford Concise Dictionary.)