- 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
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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 , 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 — 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… …
