Overset Definition

ōvər-sĕt

oversets, oversetting

verb

To overturn; tip over.

Webster's New World

To overcome or upset.

Webster's New World

To set (type or copy) in excess of what is needed.

American Heritage

To overturn or overthrow.

Webster's New World

To set too great an amount of (type or copy), or too much type for (a given space)

Webster's New World

noun

An overturning.

Webster's New World

Type matter set and not used.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Overset

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

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