OUTWEIGH

outweigh

(verb) be heavier than

preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance

(verb) weigh more heavily; “these considerations outweigh our wishes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)

(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.

(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.

Anagrams

• weigh out

Source: Wiktionary


Out*weigh", v. t.

Definition: To exceed in weight or value.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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