unˈpoise, v.
(un-2 3.)
| 1700 S. Parker Six Phil. Essays 50 Instead of poizing, I look upon such a mass as rather fitted to unpoize and break the mystick Chains upon which the body of the earth hangs. 1800 Coleridge Tri. Loyalty 372 The violent pull..Un⁓pois'd me and I fell. 1824 Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 185/2 The balance of Justice is unpoised. |