overturn

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OVERTURN', verb transitive 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. 3. To overpower; to conquer. O'VERTURN, noun State of being overturned or subverted; overthrow.
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