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equiponderate

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e⋅qui⋅pon⋅der⋅ate

  [ee-kwuh-pon-duh-reyt, ek-wuh-]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to equal or offset in weight, force, importance, etc.; counterbalance.
Origin:
1635–45; < ML aequiponderātus, ptp. of aequiponderāre. See equi-, ponder, -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅qui⋅pon⋅der⋅a⋅tion, noun
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e·qui·pon·der·ate   (ē'kwə-pŏn'də-rāt', ěk'wə-)   
tr.v.   e·qui·pon·der·at·ed, e·qui·pon·der·at·ing, e·qui·pon·der·ates

  1. To counterbalance.

  2. To give equal balance or weight to.


[Medieval Latin aequiponderāre, aequiponderāt- : Latin aequi-, equi- + Latin ponderāre, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
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