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overˈsetting, vbl. n. [f. prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. overset; upsetting; † oppression; † off-putting.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. xii. (1495) b vj b/2 Thise angellis..ben free of alle manere oppressynge and ouersettynge. c1440Promp. Parv. 373/2 Ovyr settynge, or ovyr syttynge of dede or tyme, omissio. 1499Ibid. (ed. Pynson), Ouersettinge, oppressio. 1626Capt. Smith Virginia i. 15 Vpon the oversetting of their boat. 1869Mrs. Whitney Hitherto ix, Augusta Hare told me something..which nearly completed my mental oversetting. |