OVERTEDIOUS
O`ver*te"di*ous, a.
Defn: Too tedious.
OVERTEMPT
O`ver*tempt", v. t.
Defn: To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.
Milton.
OVERTHROW O`ver*throw", v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p. Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.
2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin
of; to destroy.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. Shak.
Syn. — To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
OVERTHROW
O"ver*throw`, n.
1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin. Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser.