Definitions

outbalance

[out-bal-uhns] / ˌaʊtˈbæl əns /

VERB

outweigh

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cancel out counterbalance eclipse exceed offset overcome overshadow prevail surpass

STRONG

balance compensate counterpoise countervail excel outrival outrun predominate preponderate

WEAK

atone for make up for set off take precedence tip the scales

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail fall behind lose surrender

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The lines must have been intended to run thus— 'T is not his conquests keep his name in fashion But Actium lost; for Cleopatra's eyes Outbalance all the Cæsar's victories.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

Outbalance, owt-bal′ans, v.t. to exceed in weight or effect: to outweigh.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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