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overbalance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbæləns/
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Latin bilanx
Vulgar Latin *bilancia
Old French balancebor.
Middle English balaunce
English balance
English overbalance
From over- + balance.
Meanings
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Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
[…] if there is in man's nature a tendency to guilt and ill desert in a vast overbalance to virtue and merit […]
a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Original Sin:an overbalance of exports
Forms
overbalance en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Latin bilanx
Vulgar Latin *bilancia
Old French balancebor.
Middle English balaunce
English balance
English overbalance
From over- + balance.
Meanings
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To be more important than; to outweigh.
I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.
1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 225
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(transitive) To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.
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(transitive) To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
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(intransitive) To lose one's balance; to fall over.
Forms
Translations (1)
eo tro balanciĝi (lose one's balance, fall over)