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well-poised, ppl. a.
= well-balanced, well-weighed (lit. and fig.).
1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i. 14 The well poys'd Oares Of the poore Fisher-man that dwelt thereby. 1642Chas. I Answ. XIX Propositions 17 The ancient, equall, happy, well-poised..Constitution. 1663Patrick Parab. Pilgrim (1687) 409 Humility and Charity..are sufficient to carry us thorow this evil World with an equal and well-poised mind. 1678Dryden All for Love Ep. Ded. A 2 b, We who have the happiness to be born under so equal, and so well-pois'd a Government. 1777Potter æschylus, Agamem. 271 Comes sloth, and from her well-pois'd sling Scatters the piled up stores. 1781Cowper Hope 611 By this he forms..His well-pois'd estimate of right and wrong. 1791Burke Let. Member Nat. Assembly (near end), They were offered a well-poised, free constitution. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus ii, The well-poised mind of the veteran. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. i. 30 Announcing the moral..in well-poised sentences. |