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Counterpoise v. t. (past & past part. counterpoised; pres. part. counterpoising)

To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance. "Weights, counterpoising one another."

To act against with equal power; to balance. "So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest."

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Etymology of 'Counterpoised'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... fling off its outer portions—in other words, the law of centrifugal force begins to operate. There are, then, two forces acting in opposition to each other, the one attracting TO, the other throwing FROM, the centre. While these remain exactly counterpoised, the mass necessarily continues entire; but the least excess of the centrifugal over the attractive force would be attended with the effect of separating the mass and its outer parts. These outer parts would, then, ...

— Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation • Robert Chambers