overbalance

verb

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Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbæləns/ / /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbæləns/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English overbalance From over- + balance.

Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.
“an overbalance of exports”
“[…] if there is in man's nature a tendency to guilt and ill desert in a vast overbalance to virtue and merit […]”

verb

To be more important than; to outweigh.
“I thought of giving up this club, which was expensive and of no service to me, and the amusement overbalanced by the late hours.”
To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers.
To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize.
To lose one's balance; to fall over.