3 entries under this word

Overset

Ō'ver-sĕt', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. OVERSET; p. pr. & vb. n. OVERSETTING.]

To turn from the proper position, foundation, or point of support; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upward; as, to overset a coach, a ship, or a building.
To subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset the constitution of a state; to overset a scheme of policy.

Ō'ver-sĕt', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall from the basis or bottom.

Ō'ver-sĕt, n.

noun

n. 1. An upsetting; ruin; overturn. 2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] With this overset of wealth and pomp . . . they became lazy and negligent in all the true concerns of the church. Burnet.