Definition for O-VER-TURN'

O-VER-TURN', v.t.

  1. To overset; to turn or throw from a basis or foundation; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
  2. To subvert; to ruin; to destroy. Locke. Atterbury.
  3. To overpower; to conquer. Milton.

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