Definition of Overweighing

1. Verb. (present participle of overweigh) ¹

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Definition of Overweighing

1. overweigh [v] - See also: overweigh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overweighing

overwearying
overweather
overweathered
overweathering
overweathers
overween
overweened
overweener
overweeners
overweening
overweeningly
overweeningness
overweens
overweigh
overweighed
overweighing (current term)
overweighs
overweight
overweighted
overweighting
overweights
overwell
overwelled
overwelling
overwells
overwent
overwet
overwets
overwetted
overwetting

Literary usage of Overweighing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Nirvanaism by William Danmar (1914)
"If, therefore, in two conditions the one force is overweighing in the one and the other force in the other condition they try to equilibrate through ..."

2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"... yet recurrences are indulged; and they seem, on the whole, in that small body, to produce advantages overweighing their inconveniences. ..."

3. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives by United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson, United States (1904)
"... yet recurrences are indulged; and they seem, on the whole, in that small body, to produce advantages overweighing their inconveniences. ..."

4. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"... and power of wars ; Or be the means the overweighing heavens « Have kept to qualify* these not extremes. And bring us pardon in your cheerful looks. ..."

5. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"... yet recurrences are indulged; and they seem, on the whole, in that small body, to produce advantages overweighing their inconveniences. ..."

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