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Webster 1913 Edition


Overpoise

Oˊver-poise′

,
Verb.
T.
To outweigh; to overbalance.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

O′ver-poiseˊ

,
Noun.
Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.
[R.]
Mrs. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overpoise

OVERPOISE

,
Verb.
T.
overpoiz'. To outweigh.

OVERPOISE

,
Noun.
overpoiz'. Preponderant weight.

Definition 2024


overpoise

overpoise

English

Noun

overpoise (uncountable)

  1. preponderant weight; a counterbalance
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to this entry?)

Verb

overpoise (third-person singular simple present overpoises, present participle overpoising, simple past and past participle overpoised)

  1. (obsolete) To outweigh.
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