(n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
(n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
(n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
(n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
(n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
(v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
(v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
(v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
(v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
(v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.