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overweigh - 3 dictionary results

o⋅ver⋅weigh

[oh-ver-wey]
–verb (used with object)
1. to exceed in weight; overbalance or outweigh: a respected opinion that overweighs the others.
2. to weigh down; oppress; burden: gloom that overweighs one's spirits.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME overweien; see over-, weigh
o·ver·weigh   (ō'vər-wā')   
tr.v.   o·ver·weighed, o·ver·weigh·ing, o·ver·weighs
  1. To have more weight than.
  2. To weigh down excessively; overburden or oppress.

Overweigh

O`ver*weigh"\, v. t. To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. --Drayton. Hooker.
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