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overweigh

[ oh-ver-wey ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈweɪ /

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verb (used with object)

to exceed in weight; overbalance or outweigh: a respected opinion that overweighs the others.

to weigh down; oppress; burden: gloom that overweighs one's spirits.

Origin of overweigh

1175–1225; Middle English overweien; see over-, weigh¹

Words nearby overweigh

overwatch, overwear, overweary, overween, overweening, overweigh, overweight, overwhelm, overwhelming, overwind, overwinter

Example sentences from the Web for overweigh

Determination and hope and confidence may overweigh the life side.

Applied Psychology for Nurses |Mary F. Porter
Now in what case would this difference be so important, as to overweigh even the single inconvenience of multiplying compacts?

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson |Thomas Jefferson
Overbold, audacious; overhang, impend; overweigh, preponderate.

An Outline of English Speech-craft |William Barnes
In this present book (and in it only) the illustrative work may be said almost to overweigh and stifle the idea illustrated.

William Blake |Algernon Charles Swinburne

That is a most excellent reason, but I shouldn't let it overweigh common sense.

The Helpers |Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for overweigh

overweigh

/ (ˌəʊvəˈweɪ) /

verb (tr)

to exceed in weight; overbalance

to weigh down; oppress