overpoise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to outweigh or counterbalance; a preponderance of weight

   The heavier cargo began to overpoise the small boat dangerously.

From over- ('beyond, in excess') plus poise, from Old French pois ('weight'), from Latin pensum ('something weighed'), from pendere ('to weigh, hang'). Now rare, meaning to outweigh.

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