Overset

Overset
Overset O`ver*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oversetting}. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To cause to fall, or to fail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell. [1913 Webster]


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  • Overset — O ver*set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oversetting}. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overset — O ver*set , n. 1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage. [1913 Webster] 2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] This overset of wealth and pomp. Bp. Burnel. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overset — [ō΄vər set′; ] also, and for n.always, [ō′vər set΄] vt. overset, oversetting 1. to overcome or upset 2. to overturn or overthrow 3. to set too great an amount of (type or copy), or too much type for (a given space) vi. to overturn; tip over n …   English World dictionary

  • Overset — O ver*set , v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overset — index overthrow, overturn, prostration, subversion, subvert Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overset — verb /əʊvəˈsɛt/ a) To physically disturb (someone); to make nauseous, upset. A reef between them also now began / To show its boiling surf and bounding spray, / But finding no place for their landing better, / They ran the boat for shore, and… …   Wiktionary

  • overset — transitive verb ( set; setting) Date: 1583 1. a. to disturb mentally or physically ; upset b. to turn or tip over ; overturn 2. to set too much type matter for • overset noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • overset — oversetter, n. v. /oh veuhr set /; n. /oh veuhr set /, v., overset, oversetting, n. v.t. 1. to upset or overturn; overthrow. 2. to throw into confusion; disorder physically or mentally. v.i. 3. to become upset, overturned, or overthrown. 4. Print …   Universalium

  • overset — verb (oversets, oversetting, overset) dated 1》 overturn. 2》 upset emotionally …   English new terms dictionary

  • overset — verb (overset, oversetting) –verb (t) /oʊvəˈsɛt/ (say ohvuh set) 1. Rare to upset or overturn; overthrow. 2. to throw into confusion; disorder physically or mentally. 3. Printing (of type or copy) a. to set in or to excess. b. (of space) to set… …  

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