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Show OV o e t d a h t t w h r b T ipjunétions . m'Jrhat office is performed by the parts with diffi y uv Ha h , u c culty, b Y 2, g W5 over an 4 OVERTA'X To tax too heavily tax. @. a. [over an ‘ overthrew ; part. over throw; preter thrown. Pittacus wa wife overthrez a wif valian an man Taylor 2, To throw down The overthrswn he rais'd, and as a her Drove them before him Milton When the walls of Thebes he everthreav Dryden His fatal hand my royal facher flew S 4. To defeat ; to conquer ; to vanquifh is not fo much to swerthrozo the Ourendeavou with whom we contend, as to yield them reafonabl Hooker 1 caufes . OVERTHWA'Rpr T.p, Acrofs ing {mall hair ftrokes fro fhadowed again overthavart ¥ to bring to nothing She found means to have us accufed to the king as though we went about fome practife to swerthro Sidney . him in his own eftate Here's Glo'fte 1 ts ©er-charging your free purfes with large fines 7o OVERTO'P 1 Proverbs to judge of wif _ Since Satan fell, whom folly cveribreav Milton JVERTHRO'W. 7. /. [from the verb. w4« The ftate of being turned upfide down ¢ Ruoiny deftruction Of thofe chriftian oratories, the owerthrow an aupeisi e 2 wuin is defired, not by infidels, pagans, or Turks but by a fpecial refined fe¢t of Chriftian believers Hooker They return again into Florida, to the murthe . and gwerthrow of their own countrymen Abbot I ferve my mortal foe The man who caus'd my country's overthrozw i/1.947%, Defeat 5 difcomfiture From without came to mine eyes the blow 5 Whereto mine inward thoughts did faintly yield 4 Both thefe confpir'd poor reafon's cverthrozv . Falfein myfelf, thus have I loft the field Sidncy Quiet foul, depart For T have feen our enemies sverthrow Shakefp .« From thefe divers Scots feared more harm b o Vlé?ory than they found among their enemies b their cverthrozy Hay quard Poor Hannibal is maul'd TEG theme is giv'n, and frait the council's call'd Whether he fhouid to Rome direétly go Lo reap the fruit of the dire overthrozo w19 Dggradation Dryden His overthronw heap'd happinefs upon him For then, and not til] then, he felt himfelf OVERTHRO WER. 7. /- [from owerthroav He who overthrows OVERTHWART adj ' thwars. 1. Oppofite5 being over againft ¢ whifj er Should:hear [owe an and betray us to the' government Dryden s ; 2:‘:m'}g'afly thing perpendicularly erle; adverfe; contradi@ious; crofs turn what we help to build ; there is no rcom lef for charity Atterbury A monument of deathlefs fame A woman's hand ¢'¢iturns Pain exceflive overiurns all patience OVERTU'RNER Subverter to mak bee of lef heretofor a Europe, he fhould now grow lefs, an topped by fo great a conjunction One whom you love Had champion kili'd, or trophy won Wou'd you not with his laurels cropt import the deftrution of the Sicilian province 70 OVERVA'LUE o OvirVEL'L be owerBacon Shakefp 70 OVERVO'TE. w. a. [ower and wore. To conquer by plarality of votes Savift they had ufed each thei WO or three acs difpofed: them to crofs.an Down from his propping elbow drops his head; Diffolv'd in fleep, and thrinks within his bed Diryden Mercha of Venice Overwa'rcHEeD muc W Tire wit to watching OverwEeA'K fea, havin 7 @. &, [over and zurn. been cver-awearie v and drop into th with watchin OVERWEA'THER. @. a~ [over an aveather. 'To batter by violence o weather How like a younker or a prodigal The-fkarfed bark puts from hez native bay Hugg'd and embraced by the ftrumpet wind Rogers us to hearken to the inviting overture Suppofe five hundred men propofing, debating and voting according to their own litdle or muc wot Palinurus fall afl den If a convenient fupply offers itfelf to be feife many pernicious and foolith owertures would arife To ERWEA'RY. @. a. [over and wweary. bdue with fatigue abortive [ower and weak. Paternal perfuafions, after mankind began to forget the er of life, e in al to refift t inclination of evil; or af became habitual, to conftrain it igh if t Withftand the ov e and ferious in good The earl of Pembroke, who abhorred the war promoted all cwertures towards accommodation wit Clarendon great importunitye adj weak ; teo feeble an adj While the dog hunted in the river, he had withdrawn himfelf to pacify with fleep his over-wa eyes Sidrey We with open breaf Zo OVERTU'RN [overand watch. Morpheus is difpatch'd Mac Murugh moved Henry to invade Iiclan and made an owerture unto him for obtaining o s d Trella ioes ono Ir Bywiwi the fovereign lordfhip thereof All thefe fair overtures, made by men wel efteemed for honeft dealing, could not indigefte K. Charles ‘Which done,- the lazy monarch swverwatch'd 2. Propofal; fomething oftered deration o freedom To fubdue with long want of reft You nad only in your filent judgme abundanc ow 70 OVERWA'TCH. @. # I wit reafon [owver and wel The lords and commons might be content to b overvoted by the mzjor part of both houfes, whe O'VERTURE. 7. /. [ouverinre, French. 1. Opening; difclofure; difcovery Shakefp @. a The day begins to break, and night is fled ‘Whofc pitchy mantle overweil'd the earth. Shakefp faw the lion's thadow ere himi:!f clean.sh data import.tsv out README [ower and walue. To cover In fuch a night Did Thifbe fearfuily o'ert7ip the dew Without more swerture @.a Savift We have juft caufe to ftand in fome fear, lef by thus cwerwaluing their fermons they make th price and eftimation of fcripture, otherwife notified to fall Fodker To overvalue human power is likewife an argument of human weaknefs Holyday. arbiter o [ower and #rip. @. to walk lightly over And ran difmay'd away cwerturn. lick treafure, an owerturner of law and juftice, an Rather than thus be overtopr 70 OVERTRI'P To trip over [fro To rate at too high a price Harwvey he ha 7. / Milton I have bronght before you a robber of the pub ance by fuperior excellence Wherea Rowe 2. To over-power ; to conquer Dryden of the carcafe obfcure Lefley ficence, till we are fecure that no ftorm fhall ozer O'crropping woman's power Shaks[p. Henry VIII As far as the foul erzops the body, fo far it pains, or rather mournful fenfations, exceed thof T and owerturn If we will not encourage publick works of bene Who ever ye Have ftood to charity, and difplay'd th® effet Of difpofition gentle, and of wifdo 3 about again every ftone that he had laid ower by force or gained by fraud, human nature perfuade for fear our overthwvart neighbour [fro [over and #0p. Stand ready to receive.them Our owerture, and ‘ And found the bleffednefs of being dittle, Shake/p #. / To rife above; to raife the head above An Ul;}'d{l} in God; which is an anfwer to this objetion, bu fuch an one as owerturns his whole hypothefis, an renders it ufelefs and as unintelligible, as any o thofe he has laid afide Lock But he comes roun 2. To excel ; to {urpafs ‘nefs . O lofs of one in heav'n This he obviates, by faying we fee all the idea the hip to the knee Peacham on Drawing Pile your duft upon the quick and dead T' o'er-10p old Pelion or the fkyifh hea Of blue Olympus Shakcfpeare's Hamlet In the dance the graceful goddefs lead The quire of nymphs, and owerrops their heads Thow walkeft in peril of thy sverthrowing Ecclef. xiiie 13 God owerthrozveth the wicked for their wicked w.a Burnet nature take Shakefpeare That feeks to overtbrow religion which removeth the mountains, and owverturnet Fob them in his anger Thefe will {ometimes owerturn, and fometime fwallow up towns, and make a general confufion i 1. Potfture acrofs 2. Pervicacity ; perverfenefs OverrTo'ok. pret. and part. paf. of over to mifchief as, be lai 2. Pervicacioudly ; perverfely OVERTHWA'RTNESS t He is wife in heart and mighty in ftrength The brawn of the thigh fhall appear, by draw To Sujah next your conquering army drew Dryden Him they furpris'd, and eafily o'erthrezo 3. To deftroy ; to fubvert 1. To throw down; to topple down fubvert ; to ruin @ plank overthwart the brook. This i the original ufe OVERTHWA'RTLY, adv [from owerthawart. 1. Acrofs; tranfverfely thwart. . To ruin; to demolifh mour was difcovered to rule in the breafts of many Clarendon but h{ the table when he had invited hi friends oppofe any propafition ; and that swerthevart hu 1. To turn upfide down O'V How like the prodigal doth fhe return With cver-weathor'd ribs and ragged fails Lean, rent, and beggarid by the ftrumpet wind e To OVERWE'EN Shak: /r‘ @« # T'o think too highly [owe and aween: to think with-ar rogancc " 2 |