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equilibrious, a.|iːkwɪˈlɪbrɪəs|
Also 7–8 æquilibrious.
[f. equilibri-um + -ous.]
That is in a state of equilibrium; evenly balanced. Also const. to.
1643Oath Pacif. 29 Our successe hath hitherto been so equilibrious, that we have no reason to presume. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1662) 116 The Bodies of the Inhabitants are æquilibrious to the Region, and do not sink by any ponderosity. 1703S. Morland in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1326 A sort of æquilibrious disposition of the Fluids, and Muscular parts. 1795Wythes Decis. Virginia 48 The evidence of priority had seemed otherwise equilibrious.
Hence † equiˈlibriously adv. Obs., in an equilibrious or well-balanced manner.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 313 At first he might wear his Horns somewhat equilibriously. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. (1756) 58 Wherein falsehood and truth seem almost æquilibriously stated. 1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts. |