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n. Plural form of counterpoise.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterpoise.

"The lower story of this tower consisted only of an archway or passage through the building, over either entrance to which hung a drawbridge with counterpoises, either of which, when dropped, connected the archway with the opposite abutment, where the farther end of the drawbridge rested."

counterpoised    counterpoises    counterpoising   

counterbalance    oppose   

compensation    compensate    counterpoise globe    counterpoise bridge   

balance    equilibrium    equiponderance   

bed-place    épée    candleholder    fradulent    miscarry    footmark    indeterminacy    temperateness    unhealthfulness    chocks