Antonyms for overset


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-set; noun oh-ver-set
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈsɛt; noun ˈoʊ vərˌsɛt


Definition of overset

  • As in reverse : verb cancel, change
  • As in tip : verb knock over; cause to lean
  • As in upset : verb disorder; knock over
Example sentences :
  • Character is centrality, the impossibility of being displaced or overset.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "I have said already that we'll overset it with our hands," Grey answered.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Manuel, with great suavity, had overset the former and defied the latter.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • He rushed into the centre of it, and overset the bride in her gilded wagon.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • The rockers must be pointed and have plenty of circle so it would not overset easily.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • Papa would not overset the overseer's decision about the prayer-meetings.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
  • She was not in the least afraid of a break down or an overset.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • It so happened that my cane, in springing, overset the pitcher, but did not break it.
  • Extract from : « The Looking-Glass for the Mind » by M. Berquin
  • The ship had overset in one of the sudden squalls to which these seas are liable.
  • Extract from : « Hurricane Hurry » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • But it is too much to overset a narrative and call it a historical play.'
  • Extract from : « The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by John Morley

Synonyms for overset

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