Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-THROW', v.t. [See Throw.]

1. To turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Taylor.
2. To throw down.
3. To ruin; to demolish. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden.
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.