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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERSET', v.t
1. To turn from the proper position or basis; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upwards; as, to overset a coach, a ship or a building.
2. To subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset the constitution of a state; to overset a scheme of policy.
3. To throw off the proper foundation.
OVERSET', v.i. To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall off the basis or bottom. A crank vessel is liable to overset.

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (-setting; past and past part. -set) 1 overturn, upset. 2 Printing set up (type) in excess of the available space.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overset O`ver*set", v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. --Mortimer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Overturn, upset, capsize, turn topsy-turvy. 2. Subvert, overthrow, destroy.

Moby Thesaurus

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