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