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Definition of Overthrows
1. overthrow [v] - See also: overthrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overthrows
Literary usage of Overthrows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare: With Explanations of the Legal Terms by Edward Joseph White (1911)
"Time overthrows law and customs.— "Time, «.9 Chorus. Since it is in my power, To
o'erthrow law, and in one self-horn hour To plant and o'erwhelm custom. ..."
2. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"Theodosius overthrows Maximus and visits Rome. ... Martyrdom of Telemachus, and
suppression of the gladiatorial shows.—Stilicho overthrows the Gothic chief ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... from the oOo report of September 28, in which Mr. Butter- field reviews it,
objects to its conclusions, and, as I think, overthrows them completely. ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"... overthrows HIM IN SEVERAL BATTLES. It is true, his rough, austere, and frequently
haughty disposition, gave some room for such usage. ..."
5. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"Napoleon overthrows the Mexican Republic. Napoleon III was a man of ideas, a man
of imagination, with a mind ranging boldly and far at times. ..."
6. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"Adam, overthrows all sins, is the offering for all the sins that were brought in
by the first Adam, and reconciles to the Father, and is the restorer; ..."
7. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1826)
"... and thereby compelled him to defend himself still against them by a sharp war,
in which he had given them many overthrows, and upon the matter driven ..."
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