overtiltv.
/ˌəʊvəˈtɪlt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtɪlt/ Now rare.
transitive. To tip (a person or thing) over; (figurative) to upset, overturn. Also occasionally intransitive.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset
overcastc1230
overturnc1300
overthrowc1330
to-turna1382
overwhelm?a1400
tilta1400
tipa1400
welt?a1400
overtiltc1400
tirvec1420
reverse?a1439
devolvec1470
subvert1479
welter?a1505
renverse1521
tumble1534
verse1556
upturn1567
overwhirl1577
rewalt1587
subverse1590
overset1599
overtumble1600
walt1611
to fetch up1615
ramvert1632
treveer1636
transvolve1644
capsize1788
upset1806
keel1828
overwelt1828
pitch-pole1851
purl1856
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. 53 (MED) Antecryst cam þanne and al þe croppe of treuthe Torned it vp so doune and ouertilte [c1400 C text ouer-tilt; v.r. ouer-tulte] þe rote.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. 53 He..ouertilte al his treuthe.
c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) 588 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 226 (MED) As a traitour þou schalt be ouer tilt.
c1455 Speculum Misericordie in PMLA (1939) 54 961 Whanne deeht me hath overtilte Thow take sowle that now is myine And putte hit wheer so evere thow wilte.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 2/3 Our house tottereth To ruin; because this people with the breath Of pity would overtilt it.
1975 A. McCaffrey Kilternan Legacy (1976) xvi. 199 He propelled himself so forcibly out of the rocker that it nearly overtilted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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