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Webster 1913 Edition

Overbalance

Oˊver-bal′ance

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Locke.
2.
To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

O′ver-balˊance

,
Noun.
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent;
as, an
overbalance
of exports
.
J. Edwards.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overbalance

OVERBAL'ANCE

,
Verb.
T.
To weigh down; to exceed in weight, value or importance. The evils which spring from vice overbalance all its pleasures.

OVERBAL'ANCE

,
Noun.
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as an overbalance of exports; an overbalance of probabilities.

Definition 2024

overbalance

overbalance

English

Verb

overbalance ‎(third-person singular simple present overbalances, present participle overbalancing, simple past and past participle overbalanced)

  1. (transitive) To throw (someone or something) off balance.
  2. (intransitive) To lose one's balance.
  3. (intransitive) To have an excess weight.
  4. (intransitive) To overcompensate.
  5. (transitive) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of John Locke to this entry?)

Noun

overbalance ‎(plural overbalances)

  1. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
    an overbalance of exports
    • Jonathan Edwards
      […] if there is in man's nature a tendency to guilt and ill desert in a vast overbalance to virtue and merit […]

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