† equipendentadj.
Obsolete.
Hanging in equipoise; evenly balanced.In modern dictionaries.
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equipendenta1640
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a1640 T. Jackson Μαραν Αθα (1657) 3553 If the Scales be even or equipendent.
1681 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. 105, in Wks. (1872) VIII. 74 If the balance be not equipendent, wrong may be done.
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