Overset
[,әuvә'set]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Overset
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot.
(v. t.) To fill too full.
(v. i.) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset.
(n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
(n.) An excess; superfluity.
Inputed by Antonia
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Overturn, upset, capsize, turn topsy-turvy.[2]. Subvert, overthrow, destroy.
Inputed by Augustine
Definition
v.t. to set or turn over: to upset: to overthrow.—v.i. to turn or be turned over.
Typist: Preston
Examples
- Brighton, and a whole campful of soldiers, to us, who have been overset already by one poor regiment of militia, and the monthly balls of Meryton! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Have you any idea of any cause that can have overset him? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A very small measure will overset him; he may be bowled off his unsteady legs with a half-pint pot. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Edited by Bradley