Category: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.

2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to Overset a government or a plot. Addison.

3. To fill too full. [obs.] Howell.

Overset O`ver*set", v. i.

Defn: to turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.

Overset O"ver*set`, n.

1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

2. An excess; superfluity. [obs.] "this overset of wealth and pomp. " Bp. Burnel.