Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“overthroweth” is a form of

overthrow

UK /əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/ · US /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/ verb, noun

Forms overthrows overthrowing overthrew overthrown

  1. verb (transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp. “I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.”
  2. verb (transitive, now rare) To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
  3. noun A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force; usurpation.
  4. noun (archaic, rare) An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning.
  5. verb (transitive, intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far. “He overthrew first base, for an error.”
  6. noun (sports) A throw that goes too far. “He overthrew the ball and it went for four runs.”
  7. noun (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.

Synonyms

overturn oust subvert upset derangement bring down overrule override reverse

Etymology

From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).
For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.

From over- + throw.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
  2. verb To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
  3. noun The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “overthrow”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “overthrow” (best matches first).

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