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outweigh

verb
/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/

Etymology

From out- + weigh.

  1. inherited from *wéǵʰeti✻
  2. inherited from *weganą✻
  3. inherited from *wegan✻
  4. inherited from wegan
  5. inherited from weyen
  6. prefixed as outweigh — “out + weigh”

Definitions

  1. To exceed in weight or mass.

    • The King your brother is now hard at hand, Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.

  2. To exceed in importance or value.

    • The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.
    • The trials have revealed that the advantage of extra seating capacity is more than outweighed by slower station working, as the double-deck train affords one door for 22 seats, compared with 10 or 12 in ordinary compartment stock.
    • A few trains, mostly at peak periods, will still terminate at Barnsley because the convenience to workpeople of their current times outweighs the advantages of through working.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA