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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 counterpoised
      adj : brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that
            offsets another [syn: counterbalanced]