counterbalance
noun
a weight balancing another weight; an equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition; counterpoise.
had counterbalanced
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past perfectof counterbalance.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Scale drawing in Statens Sjöhistoriska Museum, Stockholm The engine is shown to have had counterbalanced side levers, one on each side, and a single flywheel on the outboard side.
From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle
Just think, suppose it had been parted on the left side and had counterbalanced Miss Dum's hat tipped toward the right!
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
