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Definition of Counterbalanced
1. Adjective. Brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another.
Definition of Counterbalanced
1. Verb. (past of counterbalance) ¹
2. Adjective. Having a counterbalance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterbalanced
1. counterbalance [v] - See also: counterbalance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterbalanced
Literary usage of Counterbalanced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... to the senses of mankind ; but this advantage is counterbalanced by the various
and inevitable accidents to which the faith of the idolater is exposed. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1891)
"... attitude of the English Ministers towards France—Talleyrand laments the
inefficiency of his staff—This is counterbalanced by the presence of his niece, ..."
3. Metaphor and Simile in the Minor Elizabethan Drama by Frederic Ives Carpenter (1895)
"GREAT faults counterbalanced by great merits is the judgment rescued from an
inappropriate application to Shakspere, and nowadays applied with a greater ..."
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