Sekirov Dictionary

overset

UK /ˌəʊvəˈsɛt/US /ˌoʊvəɹˈsɛt/

verb16

  1. (figurative, rare) To translate (a text).
  2. (Scotland, figurative) To recover from (an illness).
  3. (no longer used) To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.
  4. (no longer used) 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.
  5. (no longer used) To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).
  6. (no longer used) To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.
  7. (figurative, no longer used) To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.
  8. (no longer used) To cover (the surface of something) with objects.
  9. (no longer used, rare) To come to rest over (something); to settle.
  10. (no longer used) To recover (money) given in an exchange.
  11. (no longer used) To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).

noun3

  1. (no longer used, rare) An excess, a surplus.

adjective3

  1. Capsized, overturned, upset.
forms

oversetting · oversets · oversetteth

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