Associations to the word «Overbalance»

Wiktionary

OVERBALANCE, verb. (transitive) To throw (someone or something) off balance.
OVERBALANCE, verb. (intransitive) To lose one's balance.
OVERBALANCE, verb. (intransitive) To have an excess weight.
OVERBALANCE, verb. (intransitive) To overcompensate.
OVERBALANCE, verb. (transitive) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
OVERBALANCE, noun. Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent.

Dictionary definition

OVERBALANCE, verb. Weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes".
OVERBALANCE, verb. Cause to be off balance; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne