▪ I. † equiˈponderate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. med.L. æquiponderāt-us, pa. pple. of æquiponderāre: see next.]
Equal in weight; in a state of equilibrium. Const. to, with.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. II. ii. 58 Iron and steel..in long wires equiponderate with untwisted silke and soft wax. 1674 Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 49 If 1728 Mice were equiponderate to one Horse. |
| fig. 1814 Scott Wav. xlvi, Which is equiponderate with our vernacular adage. |
▪ II. equiponderate, v.
(iːkwɪˈpɒndəreɪt)
[f. med.L. æquiponderāt- ppl. stem of æquiponderāre, f. æquus equal + ponderāre to weigh.]
† 1. intr. To be in a state of equipoise. Const. to, with. Obs.
| 1641 Wilkins Math. Magick i. iv. (1648) 21 The power that doth equiponderate with any weight. 1672 ― Nat. Relig. 11 The evidence on each side doth equiponderate. 1682 Weekly Mem. Ingen. 355 When bodies do equiponderate to the bulk of water equal to them. 1710 Brit. Apollo III. No. 56. 2/1 They Equiponderate. 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art (ed. Webster) I. 20 The point about which they would equiponderate or rest in any position. |
2. trans. To counterpoise, counterbalance.
| 1661 Boyle Spring of Air ii. ii. (1682) 26 Till it is come to equiponderate a cylinder of Mercury of that height. 1673 Walker Educ. 20 To equiponderate the prejudices of pleasure and interest. 1766 T. Amory Life J. Buncle (1770) IV. 102 Both equiponderate (a pound suppose) in air. 1853 De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. I. 162 note, Countervailing claims..had far more than equiponderated the declension. |
3. trans. To put into a well-balanced condition.
| 1810 [implied in equiponderated)]. |
Hence equiˈponderated, equiˈponderating ppl. adjs.
| 1810 A. Knox in Bp. Jebb's Corr. (1834) II. 404 In this obviously measured and equiponderated speech. 1691 Ed. Taylor Behmen's Theos. Philos. 163 The Mean of Equiponderating Solemnity of Humane Creatures. 1879 G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie III. x. 167 His equiponderating description of the place of misery. |