Ăn'a-trĕp'tic, a.

a. [Gr. ἀνατρεπτικός, overturning, from ἀνατρέπειν, to turn up or over, from ἀνά, up, and τρέπειν, to turn.] Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating:—a word applied to those Dialogues of Plato which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exercises. Enfield.