outweigh
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Can all the so-called glory, That man to man can pay, Outweigh the dire inheritance Of this unhallowed fray?
From Home Lyrics by Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)
Outweigh, owt-wā′, v.t. to exceed in weight or importance: to overtask.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
She had thought on death before: But no, this Muriel was not yet to die; And when she saw her little tender babe, She felt how much the happy days of life Outweigh the sorrowful.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
Can thy good deeds in former times Outweigh the balance of thy crimes?
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
So our world is made Of life and death commingled; and the sighs Outweigh the smiles, in equal balance laid: What compensation?
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
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