OVERSET


Meaning of OVERSET in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English oversetten to adorn with settings, overthrow, oppress, from over (I) + setten to set

1. : to adorn with settings (as of jewels)

2. dialect chiefly Britain : to recover from (an illness)

3. : to disturb mentally or physically : affect so as to cause disorder of body or mind : upset

overset the delicate organization of the mind — Charles Dickens

4. : to turn or tip over from an upright or proper position : overturn

so quick he overset his chair — Helen Eustis

5. : to cause to fall or fail : subvert

overset a tyranny — John Masefield

6. : to set too much type matter for

overset a book

overset an article

also : to set too wide

overset a line

intransitive verb

1. : to turn or become turned over

the carriage overset

2. : to become upset or disordered

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English, overthrow, from oversetten, v.

1. : an upsetting or overturning

the overset of a carriage

2.

a. : something that is overset (as type matter or a line of type)

b. : newspaper copy set in type for but not used in a particular edition

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.