counterweigh

[ koun-ter-wey ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to counterbalance; counterpoise.

counterweigh

/ ˌkaʊntəˈweɪ /

verb

1. another word for counterbalance

Word History and Origins

Origin of counterweigh¹

1400–50; late Middle English countreweyen; counter-, weigh ¹

Example Sentences

The Vasa which was supposed to go to a naval base outside Stockholm to wait for the boarding of the soldiers, is believed to have sunk because it lacked the ballast to counterweigh its heavy guns.

From Seattle Times

Experts say the Vasa sunk because it lacked the ballast to counterweigh its heavy guns.

From Seattle Times

With independent civil society so much thinner on the ground than it used to be, there is less to counterweigh the influence of media conglomerates whose financial interests now shape so much of what is said and shown about China.

From Slate

I think you really counterweigh the uncanny with moments of kindness and beauty and humanity.

From Salon

But what director Andy Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman do with this opening murder—not to mention a bizarre subplot that appears designed to counterweigh it—exploits a ghastly real-life killing for a cheap shock, delivered without context or any clear thematic underpinning.

From Slate