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overˈtumble, v.
[over- 6, 5.]
†1. intr. To tumble or fall over; to capsize. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xvi. 643 In sum bargis sa feill can ga, For thair fais thame chasit swa, That thai ourtummyllit, and the men..all drownit then. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 33 The ocean in mountains..over⁓tumbling tumbling over rocks, Casts various rain-bows.
2. trans. To cause to fall over; to upset, overthrow. Now only poetic.
1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 404 Yet the breath of one mortall man..doth overtumble all. 1639Drummond of Hawthornden Speech Wks. (1711) 218 The whole frame built on it is ready to be over-tumbled. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 4536 That..I, with my bent steel, may o'ertumble town!
†3. trans. To tumble or fall over (something).
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §225 (1810) 238 Ock, Which, for more haste, o'ertumbleth many a rock. |