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 tail; to subvert;
to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot.
Addison.
3. To fill too full. [Obs.]
Howell.
O`ver*set", v. i. To turn, or to
be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.
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.
