overset

== English == === Etymology === The verb is derived from Middle English oversetten (“to place or set over, cover; to assail; to defeat, overcome, overpower, overthrow; to defer; to discredit, refute; to disregard, overlook, set aside; to hinder; to oppress; to repulse”), from Old English ofersettan (“to put in a position of authority; to overcome or be overcome; to set over”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubarsattjan (“to place above, set over; to establish, install”), from *ubarsittjan (“to abstain from, neglect; to occupy, possess; to sit over or upon”), from *ubar- (prefix meaning ‘above, over’) + *sittjan (“to sit”) (from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”)). By surface analysis, over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher; excessive, excessively’) +‎ set (verb). Doublet of oversit. Verb sense 1.2.3 (“to translate (a text)”) is probably a calque of German übersetzen. The adjective is derived from overset, the past participle form of the verb. The noun is also derived from the verb. === Pronunciation === Verb and adjective: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəˈsɛt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊvəɹˈsɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt Noun: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəsɛt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvəɹˌsɛt/ Hyphenation: over‧set === Verb === overset (third-person singular simple present oversets, present participle oversetting, simple past and past participle overset) (transitive) To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset. (figurative) To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken. Synonym: discompose To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset. (rare) To translate (a text). (journalism, printing) To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space. (Lincolnshire, Scotland) To recover from (an illness). (obsolete) To cover (the surface of something) with objects. 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. To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant). To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload. (rare) To come to rest over (something); to settle. (figurative, rare) To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax. (uncertain) To recover (money) given in an exchange. (uncertain, nautical) To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.). (intransitive) (archaic) To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset. (obsolete) Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== over-set ==== Derived terms ==== oversetter oversetting (adjective, noun) ==== Related terms ==== set over ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === overset (not comparable) Having been overset (verb sense). Capsized, overturned, upset. (journalism, printing) Of copy or type: set in excess of a given space. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === overset (countable and uncountable, plural oversets) (journalism, printing, uncountable) Copy or type set in excess of a given space; (countable) an instance of this. (obsolete, countable) An act of knocking over or overturning; a capsize or capsizing, an overturning, an upset. (rare) An excess, a surplus. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === e-voters, estover, revotes, set over, vetoers