单词 | outbalance |
释义 | outbalancev. transitive. To outweigh; to exceed in weight or effect. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (transitive)] overweigh?c1225 outweigh1562 preponderate1611 preponder1624 outpoise1630 outbalance1642 overbear1712 1642 S. D. Ewes Let. 1 Aug. in Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) II. 299 Those reall and faithfull observances you may ever challenge from mee, shall..exceede and outballance all the most devoted attendances of the meanest servants you ever commanded. 1644 J. Milton in tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce To Parl. sig. B4 The autority..of this man consulted with, is able to out-ballance all that the lightnes of a vulgar opposition can bring to counterpoise. 1700 J. Dryden Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 467 And let dull Ajax bear away my Right, When all his Days out-ballance this one Night. 1772 Town & Country Mag. 123 Her passions out-balance her reason. a1828 T. Bewick Mem. (1862) xxvi. 268 A year of pleasure can be outbalanced by a day of pain. 1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 189 Did this and other gains really outbalance my losses? 1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xiv. 244 Their high capacity per unit weight however in practice outbalances this defect when they are intended for use on electric vehicles. 1979 W. Stewart Sexual Aspects of Social Work (BNC) 46 If the latter prevails, nothing will come of the encounter. If the former outbalances it, they are likely to approach one another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1642 |
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