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 the
striker makes an additional run.
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.
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