† sturmev.
Obsolete.
1. (Old English only.) intransitive.
a. Of the weather: To storm, rage.
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c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §3 Styrmendum wedrum.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) ii. x. [xiii.] 134 Hit rine & sniwe & styrme ute.
b. To cry out loudly.
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OE Beowulf 2552 Stearcheort styrmde.
c1000 Ags. Ps. cxli. 1 Min stefn to þe styrmeð, Drihten.
2. transitive. To overwhelm as with a storm; to attack with overpowering force.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > take by storm
sturmec1275
expugn?a1475
expugnate1568
carry1579
enforce1579
to take by storm1687
rush1863
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack with overwhelming force
sturmec1275
surcharge1588
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9145 Þat hæðene uolc þa ufere hond hafeden. & mid muchelere strengðe sturmden [c1300 Otho sweinde] þa Bruttes.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 837 Þa Freinsce weoren isturmede [c1300 Otho iwraþþed] & noðelas heo stal makeden.
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