equilibrate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EQUILI'BRATE, verb transitive [Latin oequus and libro, to poise.] To balance equally two scales, sides or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side. The bodies of fishes are equilibrated with the water.
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