overset

Meaning

Verb

• To set over (something); to cover.
• To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset; to capsize.
• To knock over, capsize, overturn.
• To overwhelm; to overthrow, defeat.
• To physically disturb (someone); to make nauseous, upset.
• To unbalance (a situation, state etc.); to confuse, to put into disarray.
• to set (type or copy) in excess of what is needed; to set too much type for a given space.
• To translate.
• To overfill.

Origin

• From Middle English oversetten ("to set over, upset"), from Old English ofersettan ("to set over, conquer, overcome"), equivalent to over- + set, from Proto-Germanic *uber ("over") + *satjaną. Compare Dutch overzetten ("to ferry, transport, translate"), German übersetzen ("to cross over, translate").