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Webster 1913 Edition

Overthrow

Oˊver-throw′

,
Verb.
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.
When the walls of Thebes he
overthrew
.
Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to
overthrow
religion.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.

O′ver-throwˊ

,
Noun.
1.
The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overthrow

OVERTHROW

,
Verb.
T.
[See Throw.]
1.
To turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table.
2.
To throw down.
3.
To ruin; to demolish.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.
4.
To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy.
5.
To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state; to overthrow religion.

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