Definitions for overset

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overset o·ver·set

Spelling: [verb oh-ver-set; noun oh-ver-set]

IPA: /verb ˌoʊ vərˈsɛt; noun ˈoʊ vərˌsɛt/

Overset is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in overset (eeorstv).

Definitions for overset

noun

1. the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
2. Also called overmatter. Printing. matter set up in excess of space.

verb (used with object)

1. to upset or overturn; overthrow.
2. to throw into confusion; disorder physically or mentally.

verb (used without object)

1. to become upset, overturned, or overthrown.
2. Printing. (of type or copy) to set in or to excess. (of space) to set too much type for.

Origin of overset

1150-1200; Middle English oversetten; see over-, set

Examples for overset

He rushed into the centre of it, and overset the bride in her gilded wagon.

She was not in the least afraid of a break down or an overset.

Manuel, with great suavity, had overset the former and defied the latter.

"I have said already that we'll overset it with our hands," Grey answered.

It so happened that my cane, in springing, overset the pitcher, but did not break it.

The ship had overset in one of the sudden squalls to which these seas are liable.

The rockers must be pointed and have plenty of circle so it would not overset easily.

But it is too much to overset a narrative and call it a historical play.'

Papa would not overset the overseer's decision about the prayer-meetings.

Character is centrality, the impossibility of being displaced or overset.