equiponderate

equiponderate
equiponderation, n.
/ee'kweuh pon"deuh rayt', ek'weuh-/, v.t., equiponderated, equiponderating.
to equal or offset in weight, force, importance, etc.; counterbalance.
[1635-45; < ML aequiponderatus, ptp. of aequiponderare. See EQUI-, PONDER, -ATE1]

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