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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
downweigh .
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Examples
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But the Badawi found that the other had the better of him and weighed him down as the quintal downweighs the diner; and he looked at his legs firmly planted on the ground, and saw that they were as two minarets83 strongly based, or two tent-poles in earth encased, or two mountains which may not he displaced.
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Badawi found that the other had the better of him and weighed him down as the quintal downweighs the diner; and he looked at his legs firmly planted on the ground, and saw that they were as two minarets [FN#83] strongly based, or two tent-poles in earth encased, or two mountains which may not he displaced.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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