overbalancen.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbaləns/,

/ˌəʊvəˈbaln̩s/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbæl(ə)ns/

Forms: see over- prefix and balance n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overbalance v.

Etymology: < overbalance v. Compare balance of trade n. at balance n.¹ 17d.

†a. Excess in the value of the exports over that of the imports of a country. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade > excess of exports

overbalance1621

trade surplus1901

export surplus1931

1621 T. Mun Disc. of Trade 27 It wil be found, that the ouerballance of all our other Trades together will not amount vnto so great a summe of money as the East-India trade alone doth ouerballance in this kinde.

1641 Decay Trade 1 The profit or losse which is made by the over or underbalance of our Forraigne Trade.

1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 16 An Over-ballance of Trade, is when the quantity of Commodities which we send to any Country do more than pay for those we bring from thence.

1721 C. King Brit. Merchant II. 6 The French Trade exhausted our Treasure... By bringing in upon us a great Over-ballance of the Manufactures of that Country; and by taking from us the Ballance in Money.

†b. Excess of weight, value, or amount; preponderance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun]

unhovea1300

passingc1350

distemperancec1374

excess1393

unmeasurea1400

surfeita1500

excessivenessa1513

ametry?1541

immoderation?1541

distemperature1572

exceedingnessa1586

grossness1585

unreasonableness1606

inordinacya1617

excrescency1638

immoderancy1646

fair share1650

overbalance1651

hyperbole1652

overheight1664

immoderacya1682

faggald1824

1651 J. Lilburne Humble Addr. 6 Rather give them more then less, if there were any overbalance.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 14 Jan. (1970) I. 17 I..heard exceeding good argument against Mr. Harrington's assertion that overbalance of propriety [i.e. property] was the foundation of government.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvii. 346 The great Excellency and Use of the Judgment, is to observe Right, and take a true estimate of the force and weight of each Probability; and..chuse that side which has the over-balance.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vii. 127 An Overbalance of Good will, in the End, be found produced.

1838 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 161/1 Amongst all the celebrated letter-writers of the past or present times, a large overbalance happens to have been men.

†c. in overbalance: as a more important consideration. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > of greater importance

in overbalance1735

importantly1841

1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 215 Putting our Interest in over-Balance with the Ruin of the Country.

1871–2 O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches 103 For which one indeed, in overbalance to many others, he was rewarded with death after the Restoration.

†2. The thing that tips the scale; the deciding factor. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > turning of scale or weighing in balance > that which

overbalance1659

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 217 I am not willing, nor free to trust him with your militia. I speak plain. The army will be an overbalance.

1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 24 Nov. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 84 The advantage of the arival of a vestle from whome we Can precure goods will be more than an over ballance.

3. The state of being unbalanced; imbalance; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] > imbalance

disequilibrium1840

overbalance1851

disbalancement1866

disequilibration1891

imbalance1898

out of balance1933

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xvi. 266 With a single step, or the slightest overbalance of his body, he might be forever beyond his kinsman's gripe.

1946 L. Toft & A. T. J. Kersey Theory of Machines (ed. 5) vxii. 357 The effects of ‘overbalancing’ in this way, and the degree of over-balance required, are discussed.

1975 L. J. Clancy Aerodynamics xvi. 549 If large deflections are used overbalance is almost certain to result.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overbalancev.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbaləns/,

/ˌəʊvəˈbaln̩s/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbæl(ə)ns/

Forms: see over- prefix and balance v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, balance v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + balance v. (although this is first attested slightly later in the relevant senses).

a. transitive. To outweigh; to be more important than; to surpass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than

weigh1387

overbalancea1586

outweigh1646

preponderate1651

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. 463 Do not me therefore that wrong,..as to say you haue brought me to any euill: since the loue of you, doth ouerballance all bodely mischiefes.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 84 My little finger over-ballanceth My Father's loigns.

c1630 J. Owen Antidote against Purgatory (1634) iii. 144 So shall Thy Mercy thereby ouer-ballance thy Iustice.

1690 J. Child Disc. Trade ix. 141 When the Exports over Ballance the Imports.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 432 I had vexation enough to over-ballance the satisfaction of that.

1751 R. Morris Life J. Daniel in Lib. Impostors (1926) I. xviii. 26 I told him, that his regard for his family would certainly over-ballance any real intention of that kind.

1809 J. Bowdler Poems & Ess. i. 56 He will not be found to be the happiest man who has the fewest sorrows, but he whose joys overbalance his sorrows in the greatest degree.

1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 221 The expenses overbalanced the profit.

1893 Dict. National Biogr. XXXIV. 391/1 The disadvantage of imperfect sympathy with the political institutions of France was greatly overbalanced by his cordial attachment to the French nation.

1924 Hist. Rev. Coal Mining (Mining Assoc. Great Brit.) iii. 38 The advantages of running two kibbles simultaneously are generally more than overbalanced by the increased complications of guides and shaft fittings required.

1984 R. S. White in Rev. Eng. Stud. Feb. 39 The distresses of the night are not allowed to overbalance the aesthetic elegance of the play.

†b. transitive. Of a person: to prove more powerful or influential than. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > have greater influence than

downweigh1596

overbalancec1650

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 96 In end he over-ballanced the erll, do what he could, and wan his poynt.

†c. intransitive. To preponderate; to have the greater power or influence. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > have greater influence

overrule1578

preponder1599

overweigh1647

overbalance1659

preponderate1659

preside1718

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 40 When they had great estates they did overbalance.

1736 Pulteney in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 245 Learning and good sense he hath..if the love of riches and power do not overbalance.

2. transitive. To bias by superior weight or numbers; to create an imbalance in.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > have greater influence than > bias by excessive influence

overbias1648

overbalance1702

1605 W. Camden Remaines (1984) 30 Thinke me not overballanced with affection.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 68 The number of them [sc. Bishops] was thought too great, so that they Over-ballanced many Debates.

1911 R. Brooke Let. in Mem. (1918) p. lxx To remove it [sc. the sonnet called Lust] would be to overbalance the book still more in the direction of unimportant prettiness.

1939 D. Thomas Let. 22 Feb. (1987) 357 That prose-piece would, I believe, when complete, overbalance the poems and the rest of the stories—by hysterical weight, not by value.

a. transitive (frequently reflexive). To upset the balance, to throw off balance; to cause to capsize.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > overbalance or capsize

overtrim1622

overset1719

capsize1788

upset1806

overbalance1829

bully1883

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > overbalance

overpoisea1664

overbalance1829

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > let oneself fall [verb (reflexive)] > overbalance

overbalance1884

1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 155 He impinged his foot with a force that overbalanced himself.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. ii. 17 Permit me to move opposite to thee, or our light boat will be overbalanced.

1884 D. Pae Eustace 9 He overbalanced himself, and the next moment, he, too, was in the river.

1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 74/10 She struck so furiously that, missing her aim, she overbalanced herself and fell full length upon the floor.

1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 560/1 ‘Loop’ is effected by over-balancing the body and recovering equilibrium by a quick turn of the foot.

1996 Canad. Geographic July 42/3 Each chamber holds 1,542 tonnes of water; an extra 130 tonnes of water is added to the upper chamber to overbalance it.

b. intransitive. To lose one's balance; to fall over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > overbalance

to-hieldc1275

tip1530

tipple1847

overbalance1861

1861 Times 25 June 9 A man alone in a boat..reaching out..overbalanced, and fell into the water, and was drowned.

1869 S. W. Baker Cast up by Sea 98 He overbalanced from the precipice, and fell-down!

1907 T. D. Sullivan Raid on Raphoe in Evergreen 66 He overbalanced, slipped, and fell.

1983 S. Cooper Seaward vi. 46 But the space was narrow between mattress and wall, and she was no more than halfway when she overbalanced.

1992 Community Care 11 June 20/2 Many older people with physical disabilities overbalance or get stuck in awkward positions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overbalance
释义	overbalancen. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbaləns/, /ˌəʊvəˈbaln̩s/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbæl(ə)ns/ Forms: see over- prefix and balance n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overbalance v. Etymology: < overbalance v. Compare balance of trade n. at balance n.¹ 17d. 1. †a. Excess in the value of the exports over that of the imports of a country. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > balance of trade > excess of exports overbalance1621 trade surplus1901 export surplus1931 1621 T. Mun Disc. of Trade 27 It wil be found, that the ouerballance of all our other Trades together will not amount vnto so great a summe of money as the East-India trade alone doth ouerballance in this kinde. 1641 Decay Trade 1 The profit or losse which is made by the over or underbalance of our Forraigne Trade. 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 16 An Over-ballance of Trade, is when the quantity of Commodities which we send to any Country do more than pay for those we bring from thence. 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant II. 6 The French Trade exhausted our Treasure... By bringing in upon us a great Over-ballance of the Manufactures of that Country; and by taking from us the Ballance in Money. †b. Excess of weight, value, or amount; preponderance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] unhovea1300 passingc1350 distemperancec1374 excess1393 unmeasurea1400 surfeita1500 excessivenessa1513 ametry?1541 immoderation?1541 distemperature1572 exceedingnessa1586 grossness1585 unreasonableness1606 inordinacya1617 excrescency1638 immoderancy1646 fair share1650 overbalance1651 hyperbole1652 overheight1664 immoderacya1682 faggald1824 1651 J. Lilburne Humble Addr. 6 Rather give them more then less, if there were any overbalance. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 14 Jan. (1970) I. 17 I..heard exceeding good argument against Mr. Harrington's assertion that overbalance of propriety [i.e. property] was the foundation of government. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvii. 346 The great Excellency and Use of the Judgment, is to observe Right, and take a true estimate of the force and weight of each Probability; and..chuse that side which has the over-balance. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vii. 127 An Overbalance of Good will, in the End, be found produced. 1838 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 161/1 Amongst all the celebrated letter-writers of the past or present times, a large overbalance happens to have been men. †c. in overbalance: as a more important consideration. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > of greater importance in overbalance1735 importantly1841 1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 215 Putting our Interest in over-Balance with the Ruin of the Country. 1871–2 O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches 103 For which one indeed, in overbalance to many others, he was rewarded with death after the Restoration. †2. The thing that tips the scale; the deciding factor. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > turning of scale or weighing in balance > that which overbalance1659 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 217 I am not willing, nor free to trust him with your militia. I speak plain. The army will be an overbalance. 1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 24 Nov. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 84 The advantage of the arival of a vestle from whome we Can precure goods will be more than an over ballance. 3. The state of being unbalanced; imbalance; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] > imbalance disequilibrium1840 overbalance1851 disbalancement1866 disequilibration1891 imbalance1898 out of balance1933 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xvi. 266 With a single step, or the slightest overbalance of his body, he might be forever beyond his kinsman's gripe. 1946 L. Toft & A. T. J. Kersey Theory of Machines (ed. 5) vxii. 357 The effects of ‘overbalancing’ in this way, and the degree of over-balance required, are discussed. 1975 L. J. Clancy Aerodynamics xvi. 549 If large deflections are used overbalance is almost certain to result. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overbalancev. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbaləns/, /ˌəʊvəˈbaln̩s/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbæl(ə)ns/ Forms: see over- prefix and balance v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, balance v. Etymology: < over- prefix + balance v. (although this is first attested slightly later in the relevant senses). 1. a. transitive. To outweigh; to be more important than; to surpass. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than weigh1387 overbalancea1586 outweigh1646 preponderate1651 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. 463 Do not me therefore that wrong,..as to say you haue brought me to any euill: since the loue of you, doth ouerballance all bodely mischiefes. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 84 My little finger over-ballanceth My Father's loigns. c1630 J. Owen Antidote against Purgatory (1634) iii. 144 So shall Thy Mercy thereby ouer-ballance thy Iustice. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade ix. 141 When the Exports over Ballance the Imports. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 432 I had vexation enough to over-ballance the satisfaction of that. 1751 R. Morris Life J. Daniel in Lib. Impostors (1926) I. xviii. 26 I told him, that his regard for his family would certainly over-ballance any real intention of that kind. 1809 J. Bowdler Poems & Ess. i. 56 He will not be found to be the happiest man who has the fewest sorrows, but he whose joys overbalance his sorrows in the greatest degree. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 221 The expenses overbalanced the profit. 1893 Dict. National Biogr. XXXIV. 391/1 The disadvantage of imperfect sympathy with the political institutions of France was greatly overbalanced by his cordial attachment to the French nation. 1924 Hist. Rev. Coal Mining (Mining Assoc. Great Brit.) iii. 38 The advantages of running two kibbles simultaneously are generally more than overbalanced by the increased complications of guides and shaft fittings required. 1984 R. S. White in Rev. Eng. Stud. Feb. 39 The distresses of the night are not allowed to overbalance the aesthetic elegance of the play. †b. transitive. Of a person: to prove more powerful or influential than. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > have greater influence than downweigh1596 overbalancec1650 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 96 In end he over-ballanced the erll, do what he could, and wan his poynt. †c. intransitive. To preponderate; to have the greater power or influence. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > have greater influence overrule1578 preponder1599 overweigh1647 overbalance1659 preponderate1659 preside1718 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 40 When they had great estates they did overbalance. 1736 Pulteney in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 245 Learning and good sense he hath..if the love of riches and power do not overbalance. 2. transitive. To bias by superior weight or numbers; to create an imbalance in. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > have greater influence than > bias by excessive influence overbias1648 overbalance1702 1605 W. Camden Remaines (1984) 30 Thinke me not overballanced with affection. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 68 The number of them [sc. Bishops] was thought too great, so that they Over-ballanced many Debates. 1911 R. Brooke Let. in Mem. (1918) p. lxx To remove it [sc. the sonnet called Lust] would be to overbalance the book still more in the direction of unimportant prettiness. 1939 D. Thomas Let. 22 Feb. (1987) 357 That prose-piece would, I believe, when complete, overbalance the poems and the rest of the stories—by hysterical weight, not by value. 3. a. transitive (frequently reflexive). To upset the balance, to throw off balance; to cause to capsize. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > overbalance or capsize overtrim1622 overset1719 capsize1788 upset1806 overbalance1829 bully1883 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > overbalance overpoisea1664 overbalance1829 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > let oneself fall [verb (reflexive)] > overbalance overbalance1884 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 155 He impinged his foot with a force that overbalanced himself. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. ii. 17 Permit me to move opposite to thee, or our light boat will be overbalanced. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 9 He overbalanced himself, and the next moment, he, too, was in the river. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 74/10 She struck so furiously that, missing her aim, she overbalanced herself and fell full length upon the floor. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 560/1 ‘Loop’ is effected by over-balancing the body and recovering equilibrium by a quick turn of the foot. 1996 Canad. Geographic July 42/3 Each chamber holds 1,542 tonnes of water; an extra 130 tonnes of water is added to the upper chamber to overbalance it. b. intransitive. To lose one's balance; to fall over. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > overbalance to-hieldc1275 tip1530 tipple1847 overbalance1861 1861 Times 25 June 9 A man alone in a boat..reaching out..overbalanced, and fell into the water, and was drowned. 1869 S. W. Baker Cast up by Sea 98 He overbalanced from the precipice, and fell-down! 1907 T. D. Sullivan Raid on Raphoe in Evergreen 66 He overbalanced, slipped, and fell. 1983 S. Cooper Seaward vi. 46 But the space was narrow between mattress and wall, and she was no more than halfway when she overbalanced. 1992 Community Care 11 June 20/2 Many older people with physical disabilities overbalance or get stuck in awkward positions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621v.a1586
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