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Definition of Counterpose
1. Verb. Constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to.
Generic synonyms: Counterbalance, Oppose
Derivative terms: Counterpoise, Counterweight
Definition of Counterpose
1. Verb. To act as a counterweight; to counterbalance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterpose
1. [v -POSED, -POSING, -POSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpose
Literary usage of Counterpose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"In the sense of "to set against (another) in opposition": counterpose or
contrapose (rare); spec, match, ..."
2. American Druggist (1885)
"In our own laboratory, we use for this purpose a balance whose capacity is 500
grammes in each pan, and a counterpose consisting of a small pasteboard box ..."
3. Friends Intelligencer by Friends Intelligencer Association (1859)
"Now compare the immense difference of the size of the two animals—ten millions
of the fly would hardly counterpose one racer—and how wonderful will the ..."
4. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"... no single dust upon the earth, no single atom in the air, that is not likelier
to weigh down all the world, than all the world is to counterpose God; ..."
5. The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile (1922)
"Things are what we in our own thought counterpose to ourselves who think them.
Outside of pur thought they are absolutely nothing. ..."
6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistr (1900)
"34 SHORT BEAM BALANCE for counterpose, eam ve on ot ses n i-jt part of milligrammes,
with new improved arrangement lor arrest of pane. ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Patents for Useful Inventions: As Enacted and by George Ticknor Curtis (1867)
"... so that the weight of the seat would act as a counterpose to the back, in
whatever posture the occupant might be sitting or reclining, a self- adjusting ..."
8. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1810)
"When made to incline toward the east or west it require» counterpose, otherwise
it would be liable to fall, ..."
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