equiponderate

[ ee-kwuh-pon-duh-reyt, ek-wuh- ]

verb (used with object)

, e·qui·pon·der·at·ed, e·qui·pon·der·at·ing.

1. to equal or offset in weight, force, importance, etc.; counterbalance.

equiponderate

/ ˌiːkwɪˈpɒndəˌreɪt /

verb

1. tr to equal or balance in weight, power, force, etc; offset; counterbalance

Derived Forms

• ˌequiˈponderant, adjective
• ˌequiˈponderance, noun

Other Words From

• equi·ponder·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of equiponderate¹

1635–45; < Medieval Latin aequiponderātus, past participle of aequiponderāre. See equi-, ponder, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of equiponderate¹

C17: from Medieval Latin aequiponderāre, from Latin equi- + ponderāre to weigh

Example Sentences

There are three primeval Unities, and more than one of each cannot exist: One God; One Truth; One Point of Liberty, where all opposites equiponderate.

From Project Gutenberg

Equiponderate, ē-kwi-pon′dėr-āt, v.i. to be equal in weight: to balance.—adj. equal in weight.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the traditional policy of the Tartar to check the Russian princes the one by the other, to feed their dissensions, to cause their forces to equiponderate, and to allow none to consolidate himself.

From Project Gutenberg

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