E'QUIPOISE, noun s as z. [Latin oequus, equal.] Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced. Hold the scales in equipoise The mind may be in a state of equipoise when motives are of equal weight.
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