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Overthrow
Pronunciation : O`ver*throw"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : O"ver*throw`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin. Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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