transitive. To weigh in the mind; to deliberate upon, consider, ponder. Obsolete.

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

transitive. To weigh (things) against each other, or in opposite scales; to balance. (In quots. figurative)

transitive. = balance, v. Obsolete.

transitive. To make (a balance) even. Often (in later use usually) figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. with reference to the scales of…

transitive. To bring into or keep in a state of equipoise or equilibrium; to balance. Also const. with.

To bring to or keep in equilibrium. spec. of sources of sound (cf. balance, n.1 14b).

transitive. To place or keep in equilibrium; to hold supported or suspended; to make even; to balance. Also reflexive: to hold or put oneself in…

The pan, or each of the pans, of a balance. Also figurative. †to hold scale with: to balance, to equal in weight.

figurative (with more or less retention of the literal idea or expression). To make equal, balance (the year; i.e. to make night and day of equal…

To place or hold in equipoise; to hold (the mind) in suspense.

Nautical. transferred. To adjust (the balance) so as to equalize it.

transitive. To make (something) even or equal; to balance; to compensate. Also intransitive.