† overwarpv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To overthrow; to throw, cast down.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > overthrow or overturn
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
fallOE
cumber1303
overthrowc1375
overturna1382
subverta1382
overwalta1400
sinka1400
to wend downa1400
tuyrec1400
reverse1402
tirvec1420
pervert?a1425
to put downa1425
cumrayc1425
downthringc1430
overthwart?a1439
thringc1480
subvertise1484
succumb1490
renverse1521
precipitate?1528
everta1538
wrake1570
ruinate1590
profligate1643
wreck1749
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 > overthrow in ruins or to destruction
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
to cast downc1230
to throw down1340
everse?a1425
thringc1480
tumble1487
evert1533
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxvi. 181 Ðu þe art mid ðy storme..onwend & oferworpen.
OE Metrical Charm: For Swarm of Bees (Corpus Cambr. 41) 1 Nim eorþan, oferweorp mid þinre swiþran handa under þinum swiþran fet.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 403 [Christ]..oferrwarrp þær i þe flor Vnnriddliȝ þeȝȝre bordess.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 142 For þi is ancre ancre icleopet & under chirche iancret as ancre under schipes bord forte halden þet schip þet upen ant stormes hit ne ouerwarpen [a1250 Nero ouer worpen; a1250 Titus ouer warpe].
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 8083 Þei [sc. þe dragons] had long togidir smyten,..wipped with wenges, ouerwarpen [a1450 Lamb. ouer wepen] & went, kracchid with clawes, rombed & rent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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