counterpoisen.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪz/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌpɔɪz/

Forms: α. Middle English cowntyrpeyce, cowntyrpeys, countrepeis, 1500s–1600s counterpeiz(e, counterpeyse, counterpeyze, counterpease, counterpeaze; Middle English countrepase, counterpais, 1500s counterpayse; β. Middle English (? cowntyrpoys), 1500s–1600s counterpoyse, 1500s–1700s counterpoize, 1500s– counterpoise.

Etymology: Middle English < Old French countrepeis, -pais = Central French contrepois (now -poids), < contre- against + peis, pois < Latin pensum weight. The original Old French ei, which became in Parisian in 13th cent. oi, was retained in Northern French, and gave ei, ai in Anglo-Norman and English; but towards 1600 the latter adopted the contemporary continental French oi.

1. A weight which balances another weight, or acts against a force, so as to establish equilibrium; an equal or counterbalancing weight.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance > object used as

again-weight1340

counterpoisec1430

counterweight1768

compensation-balance1805

compensation-pendulum1807

compensating-pendulum1819

compensator1837

bumper1868

counterbalance1875

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass > used on account of its weight > equal or counterbalancing

counterpoisec1430

counterbalance1611

witherweight1642

counterweight1693

balance weight1824

α.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 50 (Halliw.) The countre~pase was light.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 99 Cowyntyrpeyce [King's Cambr. -peys, 1499 Pynson -poys], hostimentum, libramentum.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 209/2 Counterpayse, contrepoys.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Contrepois, a counterpease.

β. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Marchio della stadera, a counterpoise, anie thing put in the ballances or scales to make euen waight.1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxiv. 259 We put a Metalline counterpoise into the opposite Scale.1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 195 These..are of the same weight, and therefore a counterpoize to each other.1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 143 The counterpoise at the other end of the lever-beam raises the pistons to the top of their respective cylinders.1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. 250 Wheels and counterpoises..to facilitate the raising of the telescope when the collimators..are examined.

2. transferred and figurative.

a. Something of equivalent force, effect, or weight on the opposite side; that which serves as a counter-balance or set-off.

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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > neutralizing or counteracting > that which

counterpoisec1430

counterbalance1640

countersway1643

counterweight1768

neutralizer1796

counter-influence1834

α.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. xlix. 199 Þat j shal fynde in þis place countrepeis and equipollence of þe hegge of penitence.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 174 Who..put (as a man will saye) a counterpease into the ballance.

1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie ii. iii. 290 The greeuous counterpeaze of discontentmentes, that euerie worldly plesure hath with it.

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) ii. 27 A Protestant party, rais'd..to be a ballance or counterpease to that dangerous Heptarchy of Spain.

β. 1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. x. 137 Wee make a counterpoize against that delicacie which by little and little is engendred in those persons whose liues are free from daunger.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 113 Their Second Nobles..are a Counterpoize to the Higher Nobility, that they grow not too Potent.a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. ii. 21 There is no felicity upon Earth which carries not its counterpoise of Misfortunes.1721 E. Young Revenge ii. i O jealousy..thou grand counterpoize For all the transports beauty can inspire!1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 120 The counterpoise and corrective to that tendency.1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 159 There was no counterpoise or rival to Politian.

†b. A compensation, equivalent. Obsolete.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 176 Tell her she is thine: to whom I promise A counterpoize: If not to thy estate, A ballance more repleat.

1616 Greenes Mourning Garment Ded. sig. A4 If your Honour shall but..partly like it, the end of my labours [shall] haue a condigne counterpoise.

c. Electrical Engineering.

(a) A network of wires placed just above the ground and insulated from it, and connected to an aerial in place of or in conjunction with an earth connection.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > network of

counterpoise1907

wiring harness1919

1907 J. Erskine-Murray Handbk. Wireless Telegr. xx. 293 In place of using a direct earth connection..it is better to employ an electrical counterpoise, i.e., a conductor of considerable area, near the earth.

1940 Amateur Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) xii. 176 An earth connection is usually of high resistance, and to overcome the loss of efficiency due to this..a counterpoise is employed.

1971 M. G. Scroggie Found. Wireless & Electronics (ed. 8) xvii. 285 It is a common practice to connect the lower end of the aerial to a radial system of copper wires. An insulated set of wires stretched just above the ground is known as a counterpoise.

(b) A conductor or network of conductors buried in the ground and connected to an electricity pylon in order to reduce the risk of flash-overs caused by lightning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > conduction to earth > [noun] > lightning conductor

conductor1761

Franklin1818

counterpoise1930

1930 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 49 935/1 The method of using a buried footing tie or ‘counterpoise’ is of interest as the action of such a cable is unlike that of a ground concentrated at one point.

1930 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 49 935/1 This analysis considers the cable only as a path to ground and neglects any ‘counterpoise’ effect.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 116/1 Towers equipped with 2 overhead ground wires and using a continuous tower-to-tower counterpoise had no flashovers in 10 yr.

1968 D. G. Fink & J. M. Carroll Standard Handbk. Electr. Engineers (ed. 10) xxvi. 19 It is the usual practice to bury the radial counterpoise parallel with the transmission line conductors and within the right of way.

a. The state of being balanced; equilibrium.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium

evennessa1398

peisea1400

equal (also even) poise1555

counterpoise1594

libration1603

equal, even scale1604

equilibre1621

poise1621

poisurea1625

balance1642

equilibrity1644

equilibrium1660

equipoise1661

equipoisure1683

equiponderancy1710

equiponderance1775

repose1805

equibalance1841

stasis1920

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance

counterpoise1594

opposition1594

counterbalance1640

offset1769

set-off1774

equipoise1780

makeweight1787

equilibrant1883

standoff1888

α.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 61 If there be a true counterpeize giuen to a short tallow candle.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 151^v With so equall a counterpeyze, that the push of a finger, will sensibly moue it too and fro.

β. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 88 All Climates then should not be seru'd a-right With equall Counterpoize of day and night.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 105 After a few vibrations up and down..they arrive at a Counterpoise.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 1001 The pendulous round Earth with ballanc't Aire In counterpoise .

b. figurative.

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1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 53 Others coming without authority from God, shall change this counterpoise.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism ii. 38 These..antagonistic principles are in a state of doubtful counterpoise throughout Christendom.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 259 The..two styles of mind..are ever in counterpoise.

c. In the manége: The due balance and equilibrium of a rider in his seat.

ΚΠ

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

4. attributive.

ΚΠ

1469 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 21 A counterpais wheith of the wheight stone that the wooll was weyed with.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 208 Before the counterpoise steel pin and loop are put on.

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counterpoisev.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪz/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌpɔɪz/

Forms: α. Middle English countrepese, countrepeyse, Middle English–1600s counterpeise, counterpeyse, Middle English contrepeyse, counterpeyce, 1500s contrepece, counterpease, counterpeaze, conterpace, conturpayse, 1500s–1600s counterpaise, counterpayse; β. Middle English–1600s counterpoys(e, 1600s counterpoize, counterpoyze, 1500s– counterpoise.

Etymology: Middle English countrepese, countrepeise, < Old French contrepeser (present singular originally peise); in 16–17th cent. assimilated to the noun with -poise.

1. transitive. To balance by a weight on the opposite side or acting in opposition; to counterbalance:

Thesaurus »

a. of the thing.

b. of persons or agents.

ΚΠ

α.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Iiij Simo maye..haue not giftes, or qualities, To counterpeyse a straw.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxv. i. 361 One shilling of siluer in those daies did counterpeise our common ounce.

β. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N6^v That all the world he would weigh equallie, If ought he had the same to counterpoys . 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2^v It [sc. the book] counterpoyseth a Cade of Herring, and three Holland Cheeses.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iv. 177 We counterpoiz'd both it and the thread with a weight in the other Scale.1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ii. 37 The pressure upwards is thus counterpoized by the mercury in the tube.1846 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues xiii. 168 A piece of lead is made to counterpoise the bottle.

†c. To put as an equivalent. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equivalent to > put as an equivalent

counterpoisea1618

a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 773 If somtimes som Truth they chance to hit They'll counterpoiz a hundred lies for it.

2. transferred and figurative. To balance in power, quality, or effect; to be, or furnish, an equivalent for; to counterbalance, compensate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > neutralize or counteract

fordoc1175

counterpoisec1374

correct1578

countercheck1590

countervail1590

cancel1633

counterbalance1636

counterswaya1640

countermand1645

counter-influence1667

counteract1694

destroy1726

neutralizea1797

counterweigh1825

antagonize1833

mitigate1857

kill1858

α.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1358 For to recoueren blisse and ben at ese And passed wo with ioie countrepese [v.r. -peyse].

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 190 Pite may nought be counterpeised Of tirannie with no peise.

1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. xiii. sig. h Not suffycyent sorowe to counterpeyle [read counterpeyse] y^e pleasure.

1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 9 a With the shewe of some plausible seruice, to counterpeyse the offences he had committed.

β. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 62 Euen the greatest worldly happines is counterpoised with euill.1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse (1664) x. 117 Their rare Qualities..do more than counterpoize this Natural fault.c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) I. 67 Let my Labour counterpoise your Patience.1743 H. Fielding Ess. Conversat. in Misc. I. 146 A Weakness which may counterpoise this Merit.1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 345 [More] had attempted to counterpoise the attack upon the church by destroying the unhappy protestants.

†3. intransitive. To be equiponderant, act as a counterbalance (to, with, against). Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > neutralize or counteract

countervail1393

counterpoisec1430

counterweigh1523

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > balance or be balanced > act as a counterbalance

counterpoisec1430

counterweigh1523

balance1597

to set off1824

α.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. x. 22 a If any sorowe or mischiefs unrecured May counterpeyce to that I haue indured.

1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) i. 321 Yf all these so many testymonyes..shall not counterpease agaynst one frere.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 201 Such a bitternesse of sorrow..as may in balaunce counterpaise with the trust of pardon.

4. transitive. To bring into or keep in a state of equilibrium. literal and figurative.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance

peisea1382

counterpoise1393

counterweighc1430

ballast1611

evena1618

equilibrate1625

balance1634

poise1639

to hold scale with1650

weigh1697

equipoisea1764

trim1817

to even up1863

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance

gaina1375

counterpoise1393

peisea1400

weigh1583

set1589

poise1600

to weigh against, again1600

affront1609

balance1624

cancel1633

counterbalance1636

counterpose1636

compensate1656

equilibriatea1657

outset1656

equiponderate1661

equipoise1664

equibalance1665

offset1673

countersway1710

to set off1749

counterweigh1825

equilibrate1829

to set against ——1832

equilibrize1833

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 135 Whiche is a thing full necessaire To counterpeise the balaunce.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxv. 92 My Doctor brings his drugs, to counterpaise all quarrels.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. i. 717 This makes vs happy, counterpoysing our hearts in all misery.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 74 No man can imagine how the parts of the Earth about the Center should alwaies bee ęqually counterpoized.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. §290 The exquisite compensation of this grand machine, the atmosphere. It is exquisitely and wonderfully counterpoised.

a. To weigh (a thing) with, i.e. against (another), in order to ascertain their relative values.

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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > balance against

counterweighc1430

weigha1535

proportion1591

counterbalance1603

scalea1616

appoisea1670

counterpoise1685

tally1702

commeasure1849

benchmark1963

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1877) I. 75 He renders himself unworthy of it who will counterpoise its cost with its fruit.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 498 Who in the deceitful scales Of worldly wisdom, dare to counterpoise The right with the expedient.

†b. To weigh mentally; to balance opposite considerations in one's mind; to consider or ponder carefully. Also absol. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

showeOE

i-mune971

thinkOE

overthinkOE

takec1175

umbethinkc1175

waltc1200

bethinkc1220

wend?c1225

weighc1380

delivera1382

peisea1382

considerc1385

musec1390

to look over ——a1393

advise?c1400

debatec1400

roll?c1400

revert?a1425

advertc1425

deliberc1425

movec1425

musec1425

revolvec1425

contemplec1429

overseec1440

to think overc1440

perpend1447

roil1447

pondera1450

to eat inc1450

involvec1470

ponderate?a1475

reputec1475

counterpoise1477

poisea1483

traversec1487

umbecast1487

digest1488

undercast1489

overhalec1500

rumble1519

volve?1520

compassa1522

recount1526

trutinate1528

cast1530

expend1531

ruminate1533

concoct1534

contemplate1538

deliberate1540

revolute1553

chawa1558

to turn over1568

cud1569

cogitate1570

huik1570

chew1579

meditatec1580

discourse1581

speculate1599

theorize1599

scance1603

verse1614

pensitate1623

agitate1629

spell1633

study1659

designa1676

introspect1683

troll1685

balance1692

to figure on or upon1837

reflect1862

mull1873

to mull over1874

scour1882

mill1905

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > involving comparison

counterpoise1477

balance1596

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 153 [She] began to thinke & contrepeyse in her mynde in dyuerce maners.

c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 191 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 100 Quha will study his wittis, and conterpace The hie planetis, and signis of the aire.

1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 300 He acts with circumspection. He is a Janus in counterpoising, and an Argus in discerning.

Derivatives

ˈcounterpoised adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective] > weighed mentally, considered

counterpoised1477

beholden1530

concoct1534

pensive1575

meditate1588

meditated1588

considered1604

ruminated1605

(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692

thought-out1833

ponderated1892

ponderate1922

thought-through1922

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > counterbalancing > counterbalanced

counterbalanced1611

counterpoised1625

counterweighted1870

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > neutralized or counteracted

neutralized1758

counterpoised1836

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 96 Nomore seche weyes so contrepeysed.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. xviii. 208 Held firme with a counterpoized weight.

1836 I. Taylor Physical Theory Another Life (1857) 189 Some counterpoised statements.

ˈcounterpoising n. and adj.

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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > neutralizing or counteracting

corrective1541

correctory1620

counterbalancing1651

counterpoising1653

neutralizing1784

countervailing1793

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > counterbalancing

counterbalancing1651

counterpoising1653

1653 F. Rous Mysticall Marriage 316 The soul is kept in an evenness..by reason of the counterpoising consolations.

1878 F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 701 The doctrine of right becomes..a network of qualifications, counterpoising duties, and compensations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	counterpoise
释义	counterpoisen. Brit. /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪz/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌpɔɪz/ Forms: α. Middle English cowntyrpeyce, cowntyrpeys, countrepeis, 1500s–1600s counterpeiz(e, counterpeyse, counterpeyze, counterpease, counterpeaze; Middle English countrepase, counterpais, 1500s counterpayse; β. Middle English (? cowntyrpoys), 1500s–1600s counterpoyse, 1500s–1700s counterpoize, 1500s– counterpoise. Etymology: Middle English < Old French countrepeis, -pais = Central French contrepois (now -poids), < contre- against + peis, pois < Latin pensum weight. The original Old French ei, which became in Parisian in 13th cent. oi, was retained in Northern French, and gave ei, ai in Anglo-Norman and English; but towards 1600 the latter adopted the contemporary continental French oi. 1. A weight which balances another weight, or acts against a force, so as to establish equilibrium; an equal or counterbalancing weight. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance > object used as again-weight1340 counterpoisec1430 counterweight1768 compensation-balance1805 compensation-pendulum1807 compensating-pendulum1819 compensator1837 bumper1868 counterbalance1875 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > that which is heavy or a heavy mass > used on account of its weight > equal or counterbalancing counterpoisec1430 counterbalance1611 witherweight1642 counterweight1693 balance weight1824 α. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 50 (Halliw.) The countre~pase was light. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 99 Cowyntyrpeyce [King's Cambr. -peys, 1499 Pynson -poys], hostimentum, libramentum. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 209/2 Counterpayse, contrepoys. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Contrepois, a counterpease. β. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Marchio della stadera, a counterpoise, anie thing put in the ballances or scales to make euen waight.1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxiv. 259 We put a Metalline counterpoise into the opposite Scale.1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 195 These..are of the same weight, and therefore a counterpoize to each other.1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 143 The counterpoise at the other end of the lever-beam raises the pistons to the top of their respective cylinders.1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. 250 Wheels and counterpoises..to facilitate the raising of the telescope when the collimators..are examined. 2. transferred and figurative. a. Something of equivalent force, effect, or weight on the opposite side; that which serves as a counter-balance or set-off. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > neutralizing or counteracting > that which counterpoisec1430 counterbalance1640 countersway1643 counterweight1768 neutralizer1796 counter-influence1834 α. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. xlix. 199 Þat j shal fynde in þis place countrepeis and equipollence of þe hegge of penitence. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 174 Who..put (as a man will saye) a counterpease into the ballance. 1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie ii. iii. 290 The greeuous counterpeaze of discontentmentes, that euerie worldly plesure hath with it. a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) ii. 27 A Protestant party, rais'd..to be a ballance or counterpease to that dangerous Heptarchy of Spain. β. 1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. x. 137 Wee make a counterpoize against that delicacie which by little and little is engendred in those persons whose liues are free from daunger.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 113 Their Second Nobles..are a Counterpoize to the Higher Nobility, that they grow not too Potent.a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. ii. 21 There is no felicity upon Earth which carries not its counterpoise of Misfortunes.1721 E. Young Revenge ii. i O jealousy..thou grand counterpoize For all the transports beauty can inspire!1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 120 The counterpoise and corrective to that tendency.1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 159 There was no counterpoise or rival to Politian. †b. A compensation, equivalent. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 176 Tell her she is thine: to whom I promise A counterpoize: If not to thy estate, A ballance more repleat. View more context for this quotation 1616 Greenes Mourning Garment Ded. sig. A4 If your Honour shall but..partly like it, the end of my labours [shall] haue a condigne counterpoise. c. Electrical Engineering. (a) A network of wires placed just above the ground and insulated from it, and connected to an aerial in place of or in conjunction with an earth connection. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > network of counterpoise1907 wiring harness1919 1907 J. Erskine-Murray Handbk. Wireless Telegr. xx. 293 In place of using a direct earth connection..it is better to employ an electrical counterpoise, i.e., a conductor of considerable area, near the earth. 1940 Amateur Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) xii. 176 An earth connection is usually of high resistance, and to overcome the loss of efficiency due to this..a counterpoise is employed. 1971 M. G. Scroggie Found. Wireless & Electronics (ed. 8) xvii. 285 It is a common practice to connect the lower end of the aerial to a radial system of copper wires. An insulated set of wires stretched just above the ground is known as a counterpoise. (b) A conductor or network of conductors buried in the ground and connected to an electricity pylon in order to reduce the risk of flash-overs caused by lightning. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > conduction to earth > [noun] > lightning conductor conductor1761 Franklin1818 counterpoise1930 1930 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 49 935/1 The method of using a buried footing tie or ‘counterpoise’ is of interest as the action of such a cable is unlike that of a ground concentrated at one point. 1930 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 49 935/1 This analysis considers the cable only as a path to ground and neglects any ‘counterpoise’ effect. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 116/1 Towers equipped with 2 overhead ground wires and using a continuous tower-to-tower counterpoise had no flashovers in 10 yr. 1968 D. G. Fink & J. M. Carroll Standard Handbk. Electr. Engineers (ed. 10) xxvi. 19 It is the usual practice to bury the radial counterpoise parallel with the transmission line conductors and within the right of way. 3. a. The state of being balanced; equilibrium. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium evennessa1398 peisea1400 equal (also even) poise1555 counterpoise1594 libration1603 equal, even scale1604 equilibre1621 poise1621 poisurea1625 balance1642 equilibrity1644 equilibrium1660 equipoise1661 equipoisure1683 equiponderancy1710 equiponderance1775 repose1805 equibalance1841 stasis1920 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance counterpoise1594 opposition1594 counterbalance1640 offset1769 set-off1774 equipoise1780 makeweight1787 equilibrant1883 standoff1888 α. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 61 If there be a true counterpeize giuen to a short tallow candle. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 151^v With so equall a counterpeyze, that the push of a finger, will sensibly moue it too and fro. β. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 88 All Climates then should not be seru'd a-right With equall Counterpoize of day and night.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 105 After a few vibrations up and down..they arrive at a Counterpoise.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 1001 The pendulous round Earth with ballanc't Aire In counterpoise . View more context for this quotation b. figurative. ΚΠ 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 53 Others coming without authority from God, shall change this counterpoise. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism ii. 38 These..antagonistic principles are in a state of doubtful counterpoise throughout Christendom. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 259 The..two styles of mind..are ever in counterpoise. c. In the manége: The due balance and equilibrium of a rider in his seat. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II 4. attributive. ΚΠ 1469 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 21 A counterpais wheith of the wheight stone that the wooll was weyed with. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 208 Before the counterpoise steel pin and loop are put on. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). counterpoisev. Brit. /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪz/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌpɔɪz/ Forms: α. Middle English countrepese, countrepeyse, Middle English–1600s counterpeise, counterpeyse, Middle English contrepeyse, counterpeyce, 1500s contrepece, counterpease, counterpeaze, conterpace, conturpayse, 1500s–1600s counterpaise, counterpayse; β. Middle English–1600s counterpoys(e, 1600s counterpoize, counterpoyze, 1500s– counterpoise. Etymology: Middle English countrepese, countrepeise, < Old French contrepeser (present singular originally peise); in 16–17th cent. assimilated to the noun with -poise. 1. transitive. To balance by a weight on the opposite side or acting in opposition; to counterbalance: Thesaurus » a. of the thing. b. of persons or agents. ΚΠ α. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Iiij Simo maye..haue not giftes, or qualities, To counterpeyse a straw. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxv. i. 361 One shilling of siluer in those daies did counterpeise our common ounce. β. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N6^v That all the world he would weigh equallie, If ought he had the same to counterpoys . View more context for this quotation1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2^v It [sc. the book] counterpoyseth a Cade of Herring, and three Holland Cheeses.1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iv. 177 We counterpoiz'd both it and the thread with a weight in the other Scale.1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ii. 37 The pressure upwards is thus counterpoized by the mercury in the tube.1846 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues xiii. 168 A piece of lead is made to counterpoise the bottle. †c. To put as an equivalent. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equivalent to > put as an equivalent counterpoisea1618 a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 773 If somtimes som Truth they chance to hit They'll counterpoiz a hundred lies for it. 2. transferred and figurative. To balance in power, quality, or effect; to be, or furnish, an equivalent for; to counterbalance, compensate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > neutralize or counteract fordoc1175 counterpoisec1374 correct1578 countercheck1590 countervail1590 cancel1633 counterbalance1636 counterswaya1640 countermand1645 counter-influence1667 counteract1694 destroy1726 neutralizea1797 counterweigh1825 antagonize1833 mitigate1857 kill1858 α. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1358 For to recoueren blisse and ben at ese And passed wo with ioie countrepese [v.r. -peyse]. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 190 Pite may nought be counterpeised Of tirannie with no peise. 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. xiii. sig. h Not suffycyent sorowe to counterpeyle [read counterpeyse] y^e pleasure. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 9 a With the shewe of some plausible seruice, to counterpeyse the offences he had committed. β. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 62 Euen the greatest worldly happines is counterpoised with euill.1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse (1664) x. 117 Their rare Qualities..do more than counterpoize this Natural fault.c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) I. 67 Let my Labour counterpoise your Patience.1743 H. Fielding Ess. Conversat. in Misc. I. 146 A Weakness which may counterpoise this Merit.1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 345 [More] had attempted to counterpoise the attack upon the church by destroying the unhappy protestants. †3. intransitive. To be equiponderant, act as a counterbalance (to, with, against). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > neutralize or counteract countervail1393 counterpoisec1430 counterweigh1523 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > balance or be balanced > act as a counterbalance counterpoisec1430 counterweigh1523 balance1597 to set off1824 α. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. x. 22 a If any sorowe or mischiefs unrecured May counterpeyce to that I haue indured. 1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) i. 321 Yf all these so many testymonyes..shall not counterpease agaynst one frere. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 201 Such a bitternesse of sorrow..as may in balaunce counterpaise with the trust of pardon. 4. transitive. To bring into or keep in a state of equilibrium. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance peisea1382 counterpoise1393 counterweighc1430 ballast1611 evena1618 equilibrate1625 balance1634 poise1639 to hold scale with1650 weigh1697 equipoisea1764 trim1817 to even up1863 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance gaina1375 counterpoise1393 peisea1400 weigh1583 set1589 poise1600 to weigh against, again1600 affront1609 balance1624 cancel1633 counterbalance1636 counterpose1636 compensate1656 equilibriatea1657 outset1656 equiponderate1661 equipoise1664 equibalance1665 offset1673 countersway1710 to set off1749 counterweigh1825 equilibrate1829 to set against ——1832 equilibrize1833 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 135 Whiche is a thing full necessaire To counterpeise the balaunce. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxv. 92 My Doctor brings his drugs, to counterpaise all quarrels. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. i. 717 This makes vs happy, counterpoysing our hearts in all misery. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 74 No man can imagine how the parts of the Earth about the Center should alwaies bee ęqually counterpoized. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. §290 The exquisite compensation of this grand machine, the atmosphere. It is exquisitely and wonderfully counterpoised. 5. a. To weigh (a thing) with, i.e. against (another), in order to ascertain their relative values. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > balance against counterweighc1430 weigha1535 proportion1591 counterbalance1603 scalea1616 appoisea1670 counterpoise1685 tally1702 commeasure1849 benchmark1963 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1877) I. 75 He renders himself unworthy of it who will counterpoise its cost with its fruit. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 498 Who in the deceitful scales Of worldly wisdom, dare to counterpoise The right with the expedient. †b. To weigh mentally; to balance opposite considerations in one's mind; to consider or ponder carefully. Also absol. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > involving comparison counterpoise1477 balance1596 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 153 [She] began to thinke & contrepeyse in her mynde in dyuerce maners. c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 191 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 100 Quha will study his wittis, and conterpace The hie planetis, and signis of the aire. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 300 He acts with circumspection. He is a Janus in counterpoising, and an Argus in discerning. Derivatives ˈcounterpoised adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adjective] > weighed mentally, considered counterpoised1477 beholden1530 concoct1534 pensive1575 meditate1588 meditated1588 considered1604 ruminated1605 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 thought-out1833 ponderated1892 ponderate1922 thought-through1922 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > counterbalancing > counterbalanced counterbalanced1611 counterpoised1625 counterweighted1870 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > neutralized or counteracted neutralized1758 counterpoised1836 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 96 Nomore seche weyes so contrepeysed. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. xviii. 208 Held firme with a counterpoized weight. 1836 I. Taylor Physical Theory Another Life (1857) 189 Some counterpoised statements. ˈcounterpoising n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > neutralizing or counteracting corrective1541 correctory1620 counterbalancing1651 counterpoising1653 neutralizing1784 countervailing1793 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > counterbalancing counterbalancing1651 counterpoising1653 1653 F. Rous Mysticall Marriage 316 The soul is kept in an evenness..by reason of the counterpoising consolations. 1878 F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 701 The doctrine of right becomes..a network of qualifications, counterpoising duties, and compensations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1430v.c1374
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