equiponderate

American

[ee-kwuh-pon-duh-reyt, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈpɒn dəˌreɪt, ˌɛk wə- /

verb (used with object)

equiponderated, equiponderating

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

equiponderate British

/ ˌiːkwɪˈpɒndəˌreɪt /

verb

(tr) to equal or balance in weight, power, force, etc; offset; counterbalance

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Etymology

Origin of equiponderate

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

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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 Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century by Marx, Karl

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