Equiponderate

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
A counterbalance.
"[…] and hence, I think, from these various uses to which we may conceive comets to be applied, we may consider them as the interlacers of solar systems, and the grand equiponderates of Nature […]"

Verb

1
To counterbalance.
"When the two arms of a lever and the power are given, to find the weight that will equiponderate […]"

Synonyms

balance counteract counterbalance counterpoise counterpose countervail

Antonyms

outweigh overbalance unbalance

Example

"When the two arms of a lever and the power are given, to find the weight that will equiponderate […]"

Etymology

From equi- + ponderate.

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