обуревать

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ukrainian обу́рювати (obúrjuvaty) of broader meaning “to irritate, to make irate, to revolt or shock, to enrage”, perfective обу́рити (obúryty), from о- (o-) +‎ бу́рити (búryty, to stir, to shake; to flurry, to trouble).

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Verb[edit]

обурева́ть (oburevátʹimpf (perfective обу́рить)

  1. (literary) to seize, to grip, to overcome, to overwhelm (especially of feelings)

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