† bestournv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To turn upside down, overthrow.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset
to-turna1382
everse?a1425
over-terve?a1425
bestourn1484
renverse1521
transverse1557
evert1566
walter1571
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
topsy-turvy1626
bouleverse1673
whemmel1721
reverse1768
upset1818
to knock galley-west1875
topsy-turvify1886
topsy-turvyize1893
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxlii. 189 Toke reason fro vs, and bestourned our wytte.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lv. 79 The stenche of it..bestorneth [Fr. bestourne] all the ordre of nature.
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