Coun·ter·poise v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterpoised p. pr. & vb. n. Counterpoising.]
1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Weights, counterpoising one another. --Sir K. Digby.
2. To act against with equal power; to balance.
So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest. --Spenser.
counterpoised
adj : brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that
offsets another [syn: counterbalanced]