overset

Where “overset” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.
2. 2
   To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
3. 3
   To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset.
4. 4
   To translate (a text).
5. 5
   To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space.
6. 6
   To recover from (an illness).
7. 7
   To cover (the surface of something) with objects.
8. 8
   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.
9. 9
   To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).
10. 10
    To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.
11. 11
    To come to rest over (something); to settle.
12. 12
    To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.
13. 13
    To recover (money) given in an exchange.
14. 14
    To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).
15. 15
    To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.
16. 16
    Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray.

Etymology

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”)

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