† onwhelmv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To inflict a heavy blow on (a person); to overwhelm.
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This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.?a1425- leave it out!
- leave let stew in one's own juice
- leave list
- leave little to be desired )
- leave little to be to wish (for)
- leave loose
- leave much to be desired )
- leave much to be to wish (for)
- leave much, something, etc to be desired )
- leave much, something, etc to be to wish (for)
- leave no effects
- leave no stone unturned
- leave no straw unturned
- leave nothing to be desired )
- leave nothing to be to wish (for)
- leave of absence
- leave off
- leave on ice
- leave one
- leave one to stew, to let one stew
- leave one'a card
- leave one's bed
- leave one's card
- leave one's fingerprints all over something
- leave one's life