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Overset (?), 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.

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    2. To cause to fall, or to fail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, “to overset a government or a plot”.  Addison.

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    3. To fill too full. [Obs.]  Howell.

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Overset, v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset.  Mortimer.

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Overset (?), n.
    1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, “the overset of a carriage”.

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    2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] “This overset of wealth and pomp. ”  Bp. Burnel.

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