overset

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To knock over or overturn (someone or something)

   To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.

   • A great ſhip overſet, or vvithout faile / Hulling, might (vvhen this vvas a vvhelp) be like this vvhale.
2. 2

   To physically or mentally disturb (someone)

   To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.

   • O Lord, O Lord, ſhe's mad, poor Young VVoman, Love has turn'd her ſenſes, her Brain is quite overſet.
   • "Poor little tender-heart," said Ham, in a low voice. "Martha has overset her, altogether."
3. 3

   To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order

   To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset.

   • [H]ad not the old Man run and fetch'd me a Cordial, I believe the ſudden Surprize of Joy had overſet Nature, and I had dy'd upon the Spot.
   • [B]y ſtriving to ſupport that chimerical Prerogative [papal infallibility], he [Robert Bellarmine] evidently overſetteth it.
   • Amidſt the calm produced by the treaty an event took place vvhich had nearly overſet the vvhole negotiation.
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   1. 4

      To translate (a text).

      • Overset into English, after the spirits and measures of the authentical; by Dr. Heinrich Krauss, Ph.D., and so wider.
   2. 5

      To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space.

   3. 6

      To recover from (an illness).

   4. 7

      To cover (the surface of something) with objects.

      • Item, the bishop's great mitre, all oversett with orient pearle and stones, and silver ourgilt, the haill mitre extending to 5 pound 15 ounce weight.
   5. 8

      To oppress or overwhelm (someone, their thoughts, etc.)

      To oppress or overwhelm (someone, their thoughts, etc.); to beset; also, to overpower or overthrow (someone, an army, a people, etc.) by force; to defeat, to overwhelm.

      • At laſt being over ſet vvith multitudes (vvhich hath beene the fortune of the braveſt ſpirits upon earth) they choſe to bovv a little, rather than breake.
   6. 9

      To press (something) down heavily

      To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).

      • [T]he more they [holy plants] vvere oppreſsd and overſet vvith the vveight of Perſecution, the faſter, ſtronger, and ſtreighter they grevv up.
   7. 10

      To put too heavy a load on (something)

      To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.

   8. 11

      To come to rest over (something)

      To come to rest over (something); to settle.

   9. 12

      To impose too heavy a tax on (someone)

      To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.

      • For thieves love among themselves: and so do the covetous of the world, as the usurers and publicans, which brought in great the emperor's tribute, and to make their most advantage, did overset the people.
   10. 13

       To recover (money) given in an exchange.

       • [H]e that dealeth in barter muſt be very circumſpect, and the Money giuen in barter cannot be overſet.
   11. 14

       To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).

   12. 15

       To turn, or to be turned, over

       To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.

   13. 16

       Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan)

       Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray.

       • But, while kingdoms overset, / Or lapse from hand to hand, / Thy leaf shall never fail, nor yet / Thine acorn in the land.
   14. 17

       Having been overset (verb sense).

       • A pitiless hail was hissing round me, and I was sitting on soft turf in front of the overset machine.
   15. 18

       Copy or type set in excess of a given space

       Copy or type set in excess of a given space; (countable) an instance of this.

   16. 19

       An act of knocking over or overturning

       An act of knocking over or overturning; a capsize or capsizing, an overturning, an upset.

   17. 20

       An excess, a surplus.

       • And vvith this overſet of vvealth and pomp, that came on men in the decline of their parts and age, they, vvho vvere novv grovving into old age, became lazy and negligent in all the true concerns of the Church: […]

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