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overweigh

verb
/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈweɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English overweȝen; equivalent to over- + weigh. First known attestation in the Ancrene Wisse ("luue ouerweið hit").

  1. inherited from overweȝen

Definitions

  1. To exceed in weight, outweigh

    To exceed in weight, outweigh; to preponderate; to weigh down.

    • And when the princely Perſean Diadem, Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:
    • My unsoil’d name, the austereness of my life, / My vouch against you, and my place i’ the state, / Will so your accusation overweigh, / That you shall stifle in your own report, / And smell of calumny.
    • I beg permission to have a few witnesses examined concerning my character, and if their testimony shall not overweigh my supposed guilt, I must be condemned, although I would pledge my salvation on my innocence.

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