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overbalance

Pronunciation:  [n]'owvur`baluns, [v]`owvur'baluns, `owvu'baluns

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  out out of; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget"
  2. [v]  weigh more heavily
 
 Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate
 
 See Also: account, calculate, dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \O`ver*bal"ance\, v. t.
    1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. --Locke.
    
    2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.
    
    
  2. \O"ver*bal`ance\, n.
    Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent;
    as, an overbalance of exports. --J. Edwards.
    
    
 

 

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