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- Poise - v. - Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
- Poise - v. - The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Poise - v. - The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
- Poise - v. - That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- Poise - n. - To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
- Poise - n. - To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
- Poise - n. - To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
- Poise - n. - To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
- Poise - n. - To weigh (down); to oppress.
- Poise - v. i. - To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
- Poised - imp. & p. p. - of Poise
- Poiser - n. - The balancer of dipterous insects.
- Peise - v. t. - To poise or weight.
- Equilibrium - n. - A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.
- Scalebeam - n. - The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
- Poise - n. - To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
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- G1869 ἐπαίρω - 1869 ἐπαίρω - ἘΠΑΊΡΩ - - epaírō - ep-ahee'-ro - from ἐπί and αἴρω; to raise up (literally or figuratively):--exalt self, poise (lift, take) up. - Verb - greek
- H8254 שָׁקַל - 8254 שָׁקַל - שָׁקַל - - shâqal - shaw-kal' - a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade); pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh. - Verb - heb