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Wiktionary:Word of the day/2025/February 15

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Word of the day
for February 15
overset v
  1. (transitive)
    1. To knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.
    2. (figurative)
      1. To physically or mentally disturb (someone); to upset; specifically, to make (someone) ill, especially nauseous; to nauseate, to sicken.
      2. To throw (something, such as an organization, a plan, etc.) into confusion or out of order; to subvert, to unsettle, to upset.
      3. (rare) To translate (a text).
      4. (journalism, printing) To set (copy or type) in excess of a given space.
      5. (Lincolnshire, Scotland) To recover from (an illness).
    3. (obsolete)
      1. To cover (the surface of something) with objects.
      2. 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.
      3. To press (something) down heavily; to compress; also, to choke (a plant).
      4. To put too heavy a load on (something); to overload.
      5. (rare) To come to rest over (something); to settle.
      6. (figurative, rare) To impose too heavy a tax on (someone); to overtax.
      7. (uncertain) To recover (money) given in an exchange.
      8. (uncertain, nautical) To coil or stow away (a cable, a rope, etc.).
  2. (intransitive)
    1. (archaic) To turn, or to be turned, over; to capsize; to, or to be, upset.
    2. (obsolete) Of a person or thing (such as an organization or plan): to become unbalanced or thrown into confusion; to be put into disarray. [...]

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