Word Meanings - OUTWEIGH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To exceed in weight or value.

PREPONDERATE
prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater
PREVAILINGLY
So as to prevail.
OVERBALANCE
1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. Locke. 2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.
PREDOMINATE
To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart. rays may predominate over the rest. Sir. I. Newton.
OUTBALANCE
To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect. Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days outbalance this one night. Dryden.
PREVAIL
1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek
OUTWEIGH
To exceed in weight or value.
PREVAILMENT
Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. Shak.
PREVAILING
1. Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive. Shak. Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers. Rowe. 2. Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion. Syn.