To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
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An apparatus for weighing.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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The act or principle of compensating.
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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
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To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
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An opposite point
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To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.
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In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…
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To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
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To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
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The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
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The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…
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A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; th…
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Tore.
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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…
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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…
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Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
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Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
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Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
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Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
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To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to co…
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To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to co…
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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An apparatus for weighing.
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To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…
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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…
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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…
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To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
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To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to co…
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One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
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Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
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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 equa…
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To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
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In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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