outpoise en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + poise.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To outweigh.
if your parts of virtue, and your infirmities were caſt into a balance, I know the first would much out-poise the other
1655, James Howell, “To Captain Tho. B.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outpoising | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outpoises | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outpoised | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outpoised | Tense=Past | lexicographic |