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equipoise
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A state of balance; equilibrium. 2 A counterbalance. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To act or make to act as an equipoise. 2 (context transitive English) To cause to be or stay in equipoise.
Wikipedia
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Equipoise (1928–1938) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire . In a career which lasted from 1930 until 1935, he ran fifty-one times and won twenty-nine races. A leading two-year-old in 1930, he missed most of the next season, including two of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. equality of distribution [syn: balance , equilibrium , counterbalance ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equipoise \E"qui*poise\, n. [Equi- + poise.] Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"an equal distribution of weight," 1650s, a contraction of the phrase equal poise (1550s); see equal (adj.) + poise (n.).
Usage examples of equipoise.
But if, reverend Judges, you deem this equipoised, indifferent lanthorn to be indeed blameworthy for having shown in the same moment, side by side, the skull and the fair face, the burdock and the tiger-lily, the butterfly and toad, then, most reverend Judges, punish it, but do not punish this old man, for he himself is but a flume of smoke, thistle down dispersed-- nothing!
And what are we--ripples on the tides of a birthless, deathless, equipoised Creative-Purpose--but little works of Art?
Equipoise served up with delirious white chocolates and a kiss on the cheek as I depart at three in the morning.