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counterpoised

verb as in countervail

verb as in counterbalance

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Example Sentences

Any remaining undissolved can be filtered off on a counterpoised filter paper, and heated in a water oven until absolutely dry.

As the mercury rises in the pressure tube this iron wire is pushed up, being very delicately counterpoised over a wheel.

The float is attached to a delicate watch-chain, which passes over the wheel and is adequately counterpoised.

The specialists would grow to be intolerable, were they not counterpoised to some degree by the people of general intelligence.

The old horse pistol balanced just right, and the long light barrel was counterpoised by the heavy stock.

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On this page you'll find 389 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to counterpoised, such as: accommodate, atone, balance, bury the hatchet, come to terms, and compose.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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