|
|
Definition of Overbalance
1. Verb. Weigh more heavily. "These considerations outweigh our wishes"
Generic synonyms: Dominate, Predominate, Prevail, Reign, Rule
Derivative terms: Preponderance, Preponderance, Preponderance, Preponderant
2. Verb. Cause to be off balance. "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget"
Definition of Overbalance
1. v. t. To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
2. n. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports.
Definition of Overbalance
1. Verb. (transitive) To thrown (someone or something) off balance ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To lose one's balance ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To have an excess weight ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To overcompensate ¹
5. Noun. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overbalance
1. [v -ANCED, -ANCING, -ANCES]
Medical Definition of Overbalance
1. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbalance
Literary usage of Overbalance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... overbalance definite than either, as it expresses a higher degree of the ...
a person overbalance* himself who loses his balance and goes on one side ..."
2. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... to justify] So much does love of detraction overbalance inclination to render
justice. Compare the eager reading of an accusation with the apathy which ..."
3. Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American Or English Jurisprudence by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1879)
"ln soon be an overbalance for the legislative. For which reason, by Stat. 10 Car.
I. ch. 10, which abolished the court of star chamber, effectual care is ..."
Other Resources:
