Definition of Outweighs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of outweigh) ¹

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Definition of Outweighs

1. outweigh [v] - See also: outweigh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outweighs

outwearies
outwearing
outwears
outweary
outwearying
outweed
outweeded
outweeding
outweeds
outweep
outweeping
outweeps
outweigh
outweighed
outweighing
outweighs (current term)
outwell
outwelled
outwelling
outwells
outwent
outwept
outwhirl
outwhirled
outwhirling
outwhirls
outwick
outwicked
outwicks
outwile

Literary usage of Outweighs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"... but the good outweighs it. — Alliance between the Church and secular society, without the exclusive preponderance of either. ..."

2. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"79 Oh blind to truth and God's iv. scheme below EM iv. The w. strange purpose of their lives to find 93 One self-approving hour w. years outweighs EM iv The ..."

3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1899)
"... influenced against granting an injunction by the fact that the benefit accruing to the public from the alleged nuisance greatly outweighs the injury to ..."

4. The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland by Samuel Johnson (1800)
"For thou art noble, and the theme is great. That far outweighs »11 Europe's thrones is eat. ... outweighs ..."

5. The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. by William Ellery Channing (1894)
"Besides, it will be added, are there not individual cases in which suffering outweighs enjoyment ? Are there none whose lives have been filled up with ..."

6. Hebraic Literature: Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Maurice Henry Harris (1901)
"... devotion in prayer, promotion of peace between man and man, and study in general, but the study of the law outweighs them all. (Shabbath, fol. 127, col. ..."

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