单词 | outweigh |
释义 | outweighv. 1. transitive. To weigh more than. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] overstyeOE overshinec1175 overgoc1225 passc1225 surmountc1369 forpassc1374 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 to pass overa1393 overcomec1400 outpass?a1425 exceedc1425 precedec1425 superexcelc1429 transcendc1430 precel?a1439 outcut1447 overgrowc1475 to come over ——a1479 excel1493 overleapa1500 vanquish1533 outweigh1534 prevent1540 better1548 preferc1550 outgo1553 surpassa1555 exsuperate1559 cote1566 overtop1567 outrun1575 outstrip1579 outsail1580 overruna1586 pre-excel1587 outbid1589 outbrave1589 out-cote1589 top1590 outmatch1593 outvie1594 superate1595 surbravec1600 oversile1608 over-height1611 overstride1614 outdoa1616 outlustrea1616 outpeera1616 outstrikea1616 outrival1622 antecede1624 out-top1624 antecell1625 out-pitch1627 over-merit1629 outblazea1634 surmatch1636 overdoa1640 overact1643 outact1644 worst1646 overspana1657 outsoar1674 outdazzle1691 to cut down1713 ding1724 to cut out1738 cap1821 by-pass1848 overtower1850 pretergress1851 outray1876 outreach1879 cut1884 outperform1937 outrate1955 one-up1963 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than overpeisec1475 outweigh1646 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than weigh1387 overbalancea1586 outweigh1646 preponderate1651 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Civv My wyl as farre-therin out weyth my power As a sow of led out weyth a saforne flowre. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B5v Rid your royall shoulders Of such a burthen, as outwaies the sands And all the craggie rockes of Caspea. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 382 The taile of an African weather outweigheth the body of a good Calfe,..according unto Leo Africanus. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Blackmore Creation iv. 190 One Atome then, so you'll be forc'd to say, Must Rocks and Hills and the whole Globe outweigh. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. x. 350 The gold, the lesser of the two, loses less of its weight than the copper does, and consequently, out-weighs the copper in water. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xv. 262 ‘Cast my innocence into the scale,’ answered Rebecca, ‘and the glove of silk shall outweigh the glove of iron.’ 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 165 Weigh them, and then say which outweighs the other. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 201 He followed it [sc. the road] for better than a mile, dragging the body which outweighed him by fifty pounds. 1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 76/2 Walton outweighs Jones, who is fighting McCallum at 173 pounds, by about 15 pounds. 2. transitive. To surpass (something, esp. disadvantageous facts or circumstances) in significance, influence, or value. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (transitive)] overweigh?c1225 outweigh1562 preponderate1611 preponder1624 outpoise1630 outbalance1642 overbear1712 1562 J. Heywood Wks. i. iii. sig. Aiiijv Howbeit, whether they counterpayse or out way The prouerbes, which I before them did lay, The triall therof we will lay a water. 1647 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Loves Cure 143 Beaumonts, and Fletchers, whose desert outwayes The best applause. 1662 J. Dauncey Eng. Lovers ii. i. viii. 123 At length his lust outway'd his honour. 1723 N. Amhurst Test of Love in Poems Several Occasions (ed. 2) 67 One thousand Pounds out-weighs Ten thousand Charms. 1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 206 Peace is the greatest Good Mankind can know: Peace, Peace alone, outweighs a thousand Triumphs. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. viii. 297 This variation..cannot be allowed to outweigh the concurrent testimony. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xxxiii. 582 With you, position outweighs honesty. 1911 H. Walpole Perrin & Traill ix Her love was of the purely unselfish kind, so that joy at Isabel's happiness far outweighed her own discomforts. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 Jan. 9/3 On balance, Davis's credits outweighed his debits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1534 |
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