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Webster 1913 Edition

Overset

Oˊver-set′

,
Verb.
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 fail; to subvert; to overthrow;
as, to
overset
a government or a plot
.
Addison.
3.
To fill too full.
[Obs.]
Howell.

Oˊver-set′

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

O′ver-setˊ

,
Noun.
1.
An upsetting; overturn; overthrow;
as, the
overset
of a carriage
.
2.
An excess; superfluity.
[Obs.]
“This overset of wealth and pomp. ”
Bp. Burnel.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overset

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'

,
Verb.
I.
To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall off the basis or bottom. A crank vessel is liable to overset.

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