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Equilibrate

To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

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Verb group 4

Balance 84% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Balance 84% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Poise 84% connected

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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Poise 84% connected

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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Manner of action 8

Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compensate 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Complement 76% connected

That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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Correct 76% connected

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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Counterbalance 76% connected

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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Countervail 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trim 76% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Broader term 3

Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Equilibrium 74% connected

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equilibrium 74% connected

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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Equipoise 74% connected

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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Equipoise 74% connected

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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Balance 92% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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