Overset

(imp. & p. p.) of Overset

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot.

(v. t.) To fill too full.

(v. i.) To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset.

(n.) An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

(n.) An excess; superfluity.

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• Brighton, and a whole campful of soldiers, to us, who have been overset already by one poor regiment of militia, and the monthly balls of Meryton! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Have you any idea of any cause that can have overset him? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• A very small measure will overset him; he may be bowled off his unsteady legs with a half-pint pot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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