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counterpoise

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪz/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceeinooprstuStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

Word origin

From Old French contrepois, contrepeser, later assimilated to poise.

Used in a sentence

  • This necessary counterpoise, the affectionate and simple-minded will readily conceive, would arise to Louisa from the absence of those "dear familiar faces" which had hitherto constituted her world.
  • Weights, counterpoising one another.
  • So many freeholders of English […]will be able to beard, and to counterpoise the rest.

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