"counterweigh" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kaʊntəˈweɪ/ [UK] Forms: counterweighs [present, singular, third-person], counterweighing [participle, present], counterweighed [participle, past], counterweighed [past]
Etymology: From counter- + weigh, under the influence Anglo-Norman contrepeser (“to counterpoise”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|weigh}} counter- + weigh, {{cog|xno|contrepeser||to counterpoise}} Anglo-Norman contrepeser (“to counterpoise”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} counterweigh (third-person singular simple present counterweighs, present participle counterweighing, simple past and past participle counterweighed)
  1. (intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something). Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-counterweigh-en-verb-wevzhFf4
  2. (transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-counterweigh-en-verb-SqZkvJSW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with counter-: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out."
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