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.
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.
