Outweigh
[aʊt'weɪ] or ['aʊt'we]
Definition
(v. t.) To exceed in weight or value.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Overbalance, overpoise, overweigh.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Outbalance, overbalance,[See PREPONDERATE]
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Definition
v.t. to exceed in weight or importance: to overtask.
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Examples
- Cast my innocence into the scale, answered Rebecca, and the glove of silk shall outweigh the glove of iron. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- His evils seemed to lessen, her own advantages to increase, their mutual good to outweigh every drawback. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I understand equally well, that a word from her father in any suitor's favour, would outweigh herself and all the world. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A lover evidently, for who else could outweigh the love and gratitude which she must feel to you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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