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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.
OVERPOISE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
overpoise
overpoise
English
Noun
overpoise (uncountable)
- preponderant weight; a counterbalance
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Verb
overpoise (third-person singular simple present overpoises, present participle overpoising, simple past and past participle overpoised)
- (obsolete) To outweigh.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)