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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as to overset a government or a plot. --Addison. 3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.
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