Sekirov Dictionary

equipoise

/ˈɛkwɪpɔɪz/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
A state of balance; equilibrium.
- Government was unnerved, confounded, and in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone. — 1796
•
A counterbalance.
- Perhaps that quality which existed, in spite of the equipoise against it, in Sir Howard, was fidelity in friendship. — 1838

verb2

To act or make to act as an equipoise.
To cause to be or stay in equipoise.

forms

equipoised · equipoising · equipoises

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