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overset definition

over·set (ō′vər set′; also, and for n.always, ō′vər set′)

transitive verb overset -·set′, oversetting -·set′·ting

  1. to overcome or upset
  2. to overturn or overthrow
  3. to set too great an amount of (type or copy), or too much type for (a given space)

intransitive verb

to overturn; tip over

noun

  1. an overturning
  2. type matter set and not used

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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