v. t. [ L. controversari, fr. controversus turned against, disputed. ] To dispute; to controvert. [ Obs. ] “Controversed causes.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. controverse. ] Controversy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disputant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Co- (=co- in co- sine) + versed sine. ] (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beyond the sea; foreign. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To search all over. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Over the sea; abroad. Milton. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To season too highly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Oversaw p. p. Overseen p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing. ] [ AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{ 2 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{ 5 }. [ archaic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear. [ PJC ]

n. One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an overseer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Oversold p. pr. & vb. n. Overselling. ] 1. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price. [ 1913 Webster ]

One whose beauty
Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sell beyond means of delivery. [ Brokers' Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold “short” to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An excess; superfluity. [ Obs. ] “This overset of wealth and pomp. ” Bp. Burnel. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to fall, or to fail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fill too full. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together.)
Syn. -- overhand. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Having excessive sexual desire or appeal.
Syn. -- highly-sexed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]