OVERSET

Etymology

Verb

overset (third-person singular simple present oversets, present participle oversetting, simple past and past participle overset)

(obsolete) To set over (something); to cover.

(intransitive) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset; to capsize.

(transitive) To knock over, capsize, overturn.

(obsolete) To overwhelm; to overthrow, defeat.

(transitive) To physically disturb (someone); to make nauseous, upset.

(now rare) To unbalance (a situation, state etc.); to confuse, to put into disarray.

(printing) to set (type or copy) in excess of what is needed; to set too much type for a given space.

(transitive, rare) To translate.

To overfill.

Anagrams

• e-voters, estover, revotes, vetoers

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

O`ver*set", v. i.

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

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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