Thesaurus: counterpoise

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1. v. t. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
2. v. t. To act against with equal power; to balance.
3. n. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
4. n. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
5. n. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
6. n. a weight that balances another weight
7. v. constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to
8. 1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weght; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance. Weigts, counterpoising one another. Sir K. Digby. 2. To act against with equal power; to balance. So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest. Spenser. 1. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight. Fastening that to our exact balance, we put a metalline counterpoise into the opposite scale. Boyle. 2. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force. The second nobles are a counterpoise to the higher nobility, that they grow not too potent. Bacon. 3. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrum; equiponderance. The pendulous round eart, with balanced air, In counterpoise. Milton.
9. n:100 n a weight that balances another weight v constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to