Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overweigh
Participle: overweighed
Gerund: overweighing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overweigh |
| you | overweigh |
| he;she;it | overweighs |
| we | overweigh |
| you | overweigh |
| they | overweigh |
Perfect
| I | have overweighed |
| you | have overweighed |
| he;she;it | has overweighed |
| we | have overweighed |
| you | have overweighed |
| they | have overweighed |
Past
| I | overweighed |
| you | overweighed |
| he;she;it | overweighed |
| we | overweighed |
| you | overweighed |
| they | overweighed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overweighed |
| you | had overweighed |
| he;she;it | had overweighed |
| we | had overweighed |
| you | had overweighed |
| they | had overweighed |
Future
| I | will overweigh |
| you | will overweigh |
| he;she;it | will overweigh |
| we | will overweigh |
| you | will overweigh |
| they | will overweigh |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overweighed |
| you | will have overweighed |
| he;she;it | will have overweighed |
| we | will have overweighed |
| you | will have overweighed |
| they | will have overweighed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overweigh |
| you | overweigh |
| he;she;it | overweigh |
| we | overweigh |
| you | overweigh |
| they | overweigh |
Perfect
| I | have overweighed |
| you | have overweighed |
| he;she;it | have overweighed |
| we | have overweighed |
| you | have overweighed |
| they | have overweighed |
Imperfect
| I | overweighed |
| you | overweighed |
| he;she;it | overweighed |
| we | overweighed |
| you | overweighed |
| they | overweighed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overweighed |
| you | had overweighed |
| he;she;it | had overweighed |
| we | had overweighed |
| you | had overweighed |
| they | had overweighed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overweigh |
| you | would overweigh |
| he;she;it | would overweigh |
| we | would overweigh |
| you | would overweigh |
| they | would overweigh |
Perfect
| I | would have overweighed |
| you | would have overweighed |
| he;she;it | would have overweighed |
| we | would have overweighed |
| you | would have overweighed |
| they | would have overweighed |
Imperative
| you | overweigh |
| we | Let's overweigh |
| you | overweigh |
Verbs conjugated like 'overweigh'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overweigh'
overweight,
beweigh,
foreweigh,
outweigh,
over-egg,
overdesign,
overedge,
overegg,
overetch,
overfish,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English overweȝen; equivalent to over- + weigh. First known attestation in the Ancrene Wisse ("luue ouerweið hit").
Sample Sentences
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And when the princely Perſean Diadem,
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Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head,
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And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death,
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In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain
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Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King: [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:]
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My unsoil’d name, the austereness of my life, / My vouch against you, and my place i’ the state, / Will so your accusation overweigh, / That you shall stifle in your own report, / And smell of calumny. [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:]
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I beg permission to have a few witnesses examined concerning my character, and if their testimony shall not overweigh my supposed guilt, I must be condemned, although I would pledge my salvation on my innocence. [1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:]