Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. 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.
Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. 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.
Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. --Mortimer.
Overset \O"ver*set`\, n. 1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] ``This overset of wealth and pomp. '' --Bp. Burnel.