See poise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
},
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"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:",
"text": "one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden\nto poise with solid sense a sprightly wit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To counterpoise; to counterbalance."
],
"links": [
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"counterpoise",
"counterpoise"
],
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"counterbalance",
"counterbalance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be of a given weight; to weigh."
],
"links": [
[
"weight",
"weight"
],
[
"weigh",
"weigh"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Every man poiseth [translating poise] upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To add weight to, to weigh down."
],
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"weigh down",
"weigh down"
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"(obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
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"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
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"ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
"text": "you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose."
],
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"hold",
"hold"
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"with",
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"against",
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"equilibrium",
"equilibrium"
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[
"balance",
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"counterpose",
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"(now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose."
],
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"archaic"
]
},
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{
"text": "I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to poise the scales of a balance",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1717, John Dryden, “Book I”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; / Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1964 November, J. H. Lucking, “The Salisbury-Exeter rationalisation—first results and local reaction”, in Modern Railways, page 331:",
"text": "The intention to close [Yeovil] Pen Mill was therefore abandoned and instead the economy axe was re-poised over Yeovil Junction.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used."
],
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"equilibrium",
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"balanced",
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"ready",
"ready"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The rock was poised precariously on the edge of the cliff.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced."
],
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"equilibrium",
"equilibrium"
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"suspended",
"suspended"
]
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:",
"text": "He cannot sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh."
],
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[
"ascertain",
"ascertain"
],
[
"weigh",
"weigh"
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]
}
],
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},
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{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪz"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used",
"word": "készenlétbe helyez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used",
"word": "készenlétben tart"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used",
"word": "balançar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used",
"word": "pesar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izgotavlivatʹsja",
"sense": "to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used",
"word": "изготавливаться"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uravnovesjavam",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"word": "уравновесявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "držet v rovnováze"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyvážit"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"word": "egyensúlyoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"word": "kiegyensúlyoz"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"word": "equilibrar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced",
"word": "balançar"
}
],
"word": "poise"
}
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