Meaning of 'overset'

Find the meaning of the word ‘overset’

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Meaning of ‘overset’

5 definitions found.

overset

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.

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

To fill too full. [Obs.] Howell. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.

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

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

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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