Etymology

overweigh

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Today it means: To exceed in weight, outweigh; to preponderate; to weigh down. Full definition →

Middle English overweȝen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverweȝen
  2. English todayoverweigh

From Middle English overweȝen; equivalent to over- + weigh. First known attestation in the Ancrene Wisse ("luue ouerweið hit").

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