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overturn(dictionary)

overturn (iou)



overturn verb & noun. ME.
[from OVER- + TURN verb, noun.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Of a wheel: turn round, revolve. ME-M17.
verb trans. Cause to fall over or down, upset. ME.
M. Leitch Our sole aim must be to overturn the social iceberg, stand it on its head. P. Auster I ransacked the closet.., overturning boxes.
b. verb intrans. Fall over, capsize; fall down. LME.
J. T. Story Trying to prevent the boat overturning, trying to haul down the sail.
verb trans. Overthrow (a person, institution, principle, etc.); subvert; abolish; invalidate. ME.
F. Spalding The Greco-Roman tradition was being overturned in favour of a new, geometric art.
b. spec. Reverse (a judicial etc. decision). M20.
Guardian The ruling was overturned in the Lords.
verb trans. Turn away; change from one thing, state, condition, etc., to another; pervert. LME-L16.
b. noun.
The action of overturning, the fact of being overturned; an instance of this; (a) subversion; (a) revolution. L16.
= TURNOVER 5. rare. L19.
Geology. = OVERFOLD noun. L19.
The mixing or circulation of the water in a thermally stratified lake, usu. occurring once or twice a year on cooling or warming of the epilimnion. E20.
overturner noun L16.