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adj
Having been overset (verb sense).
Capsized, overturned, upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Having been overset (verb sense).
Of copy or type: set in excess of a given space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: journalism, media, printing, publishing
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noun
Copy or type set in excess of a given space; (countable) an instance of this.
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Usage: uncountable
Topics: journalism, media, printing, publishing
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noun
An act of knocking over or overturning; a capsize or capsizing, an overturning, an upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
An excess, a surplus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
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verb
To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Synonyms: discompose
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verb
To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
To translate (a text).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, rare, transitive
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verb
To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Topics: journalism, media, printing, publishing
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verb
To recover from (an illness).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, figuratively, transitive
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verb
To cover (the surface of something) with objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To come to rest over (something); to settle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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verb
To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive
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verb
To recover (money) given in an exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Qualifier: uncertain
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verb
To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Qualifier: uncertain
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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History
PIE word *upér 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. cognates * Dutch overzetten (“to ferry, transport, translate”) * Old High German ubarsezzen (Middle High German übersetzen, modern German übersetzen (“to cross over, translate”)) * Saterland Frisian uursätte (“to cross over, translate”) * Swedish översätta (“to translate”) * West Frisian oersette (“to translate”)
Across languages
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