counterpoised : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: counterpoised	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for counterpoised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
counterpoised adj brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another Synonym(s): counterbalanced, counterpoised
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Counterpoise \Coun"ter*poise`\ (koun"t?r-poiz`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterpoised} (-poizd`); p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterpoising}.] [OE. countrepesen, counterpeisen, F. contrepeser. See {Counter}, adv., and {Poise}, v. t. ] 1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance. Weights, 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.