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overset

VT ทำให้ คว่ำ  tam-hai-kwam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERSET

v.t. 1. To turn from the proper position or basis; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upwards; 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.

 

OVERSET

v.i.To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall off the basis or bottom. A crank vessel is liable to overset.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OVERSET

O `ver *set ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting.]

 

1. To turn or tip (anything ) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. Dryden.

 

2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.

 

3. To fill too full. [Obs. ] Howell.

 

OVERSET

OVERSET O `ver *set ", v. i.

 

Defn: To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.

 

OVERSET

OVERSET O "ver *set `, n.

 

1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

 

2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs. ] "This overset of wealth and pomp. " Bp. Burnel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

overset

o ver set |ˌōvərˈset ˌoʊvərˈsɛt | verb ( oversets, oversetting; past and past participle overset ) [ with obj. ] 1 upset emotionally: the small kindness nearly overset her again. 2 chiefly Brit. overturn: he jumped up and overset the canoe.

 

Oxford Dictionary

overset

over |set |əʊvəˈsɛt | verb ( oversets, oversetting; past and past participle overset ) [ with obj. ] dated 1 overturn: he overset the primus stove while cooking his supper. 2 upset emotionally: the small kindness nearly overset her again.