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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overthrow .
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Examples
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… Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
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The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
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Sepulchral meals are bestowed upon thee, and he overthroweth for thee thine enemies, setting them under thy feet in the presence of thy scribe and of the Utchat and of Ptah-Seker, who hast bound thee up.
A Winter Haunting Simmons, Dan 2002
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Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Proverbs 13. 1999
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job 12. 1999
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