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Verb: whelm  welm
Usage: archaic
  1. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
    - overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, overtake

Derived forms: whelmed, whelming, whelms

Type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise

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when
when first seen
when the time comes
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