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Definition of Outweighed
1. outweigh [v] - See also: outweigh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outweighed
Literary usage of Outweighed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... outweighed the considerations of timid prudence or national faith. Every forest
and every village poured forth a band of hardy adventurers ; and :iv ..."
2. On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes: On the Uses of Diplomacy; the by Callières (François), Callières (François de), Frederick Whyte (1919)
"Disappointment awaits us in all walks of life, but in no profession are
disappointments so amply outweighed by rich opportunities as in the practice of ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"These little drawbacks are far more than outweighed by the many good qualities
of the Peabody. ... outweighed ..."
4. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese (1905)
"A German Kingdom had existed from the treaties of Verdun and Mersen (842), but
during this period traces of German poetry are few, outweighed by Latin. ..."
5. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied by George Lansing Raymond (1920)
"... its Being outweighed by them— Difference between the Conception of Conscience
Presented in these Pages and other Somewhat Similar Conceptions. ..."
6. John Marshall: Life, Character and Judicial Services as Portrayed in the by John Forrest Dillon (1903)
"... the strengthening of moral fibre, and the growth of political experience which
came out of it all,— far more than outweighed any evil which ever flowed ..."
7. Conduct of Lawsuits Out of and in Court: Practically Teaching, and Copiously by John Calvin Reed (1885)
"The most generally successful criticism of testimony is to show that it is outweighed.
The jury always like to think that they are finding according to the ..."
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