OVERTURN

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

2.
v.

To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.

3.
v.

To overpower; to conquer. Milton.

4.
n.

The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.


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