OVERSET

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

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

3.
v.

To fill too full. [Obs.] Howell.

4.
v.

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

5.
n.

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

6.
n.

An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] "This overset of wealth and pomp. " Bp. Burnel.

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