Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-SET', v.t.

1. To turn from the proper position or basis; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upward; as, to overset a coach, a ship or a building.
2. To subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset the constitution of a state; to overset a scheme of policy.
3. To throw off the proper foundation. Dryden.