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Overweigh

//əʊvə(ɹ)ˈweɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To exceed in weight, outweigh; to preponderate; to weigh down. archaic, transitive

    "And when the princely Perſean Diadem, Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:"

Etymology

From Middle English overweȝen; equivalent to over- + weigh. First known attestation in the Ancrene Wisse ("luue ouerweið hit").

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