Counterpoise /(koun"t?r-poiz`; 277)/

imp. & p. p. Counterpoised; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterpoising

1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

   Weights, counterpoising one another.

2. To act against with equal power; to balance.

   So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest.

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.

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.

3. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

   The pendulous round eart, with balanced air, In counterpoise.