counterpoised
Meaning of counterpoised
- have an opposing and balancing effect on.
they make a delightful couple, his gentle intellectuality counterpoised by her firm practicality
late Middle English: from Old French contrepois from contre ‘against’ + pois from Latin pensum ‘weight’. Compare with poise1. The verb, originally counterpeise, from Old French contrepeser, was altered under the influence of the noun in the 16th century.
Information about counterpoised
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of counterpoised
coun-ter-poised
- It consists of 3 syllables and 13 chars.
- counterpoised is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
counterpoised synonyms
Meaning counterbalanced:
Words that rhyme with counterpoised
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