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EQUILIBRIZE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring into balance or equilibrium
Example:
balance the two weights
Synonyms:
balance; equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "equilibrize" is one way to...):
fit; match (make correspond or harmonize)
Verb group:
balance; poise (hold or carry in equilibrium)
balance (be in equilibrium)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "equilibrize"):
complement (make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to)
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up (adjust for)
cancel; offset; set off (make up for)
countervail; offset (compensate for or counterbalance)
trim (balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
equilibrium (equality of distribution)
equilibrium (a stable situation in which forces cancel one another)
