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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Equilibrated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Equilibrating

[L.

aequilibratus

in equilibrium;

aequus

equal +

libra

balance. See

To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

H. Spenser.

Verb.

[L. 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.