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Definition of Sweep over
1. Verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Specialized synonyms: Devastate, Clutch, Get Hold Of, Seize, Kill, Benight, Knock Out, Stagger, Lock
Generic synonyms: Arouse, Elicit, Enkindle, Evoke, Fire, Kindle, Provoke, Raise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweep Over
Literary usage of Sweep over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"The clouds i [ sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls
and fluctuates to the eye ; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... of the century : who will say what it will have accomplished be/ore the century
is done ? a Scott or the poems of a Byron sweep over the Continent, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... sweep over the Continent, and come back in IIIJ-I.IL,.I<- reverberations frum
Germany and Trance, from Sweden and Spain. If the phrase the republic of ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"It was also applied to lightning at an early date. At present the tremendous
wind - storms like the typhoon which sweep over the West are called ..."
5. The Ladies' Battle by Molly Elliot Seawell (1911)
"... torn asunder by internal wars, with torrents of blood and oceans of treasure
poured out like the un- salted seas that sweep over Niagara, would these ..."
6. The Ladies' Battle by Molly Elliot Seawell (1911)
"... torn asunder by internal wars, with torrents of blood and oceans of treasure
poured out like the un- salted seas that sweep over Niagara, would these ..."
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