O`ver*throw" (?), v. t. [imp. Overthrew (?); p. p. Overthrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
1.
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.
Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
Shak.
Syn. -- To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
© Webster 1913.
O"ver*throw` (?), n.
1.
The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
Your sudden overthrow much rueth me.
Spenser.
2. (a) Baseball
The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
(b) Cricket
A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that striker makes an additional run.
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