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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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Conterbalance, v. [e.m.E. counterbalance (1603).] tr. To balance against. — c1590 Fowler 287/152.
So long as I did go about to. .conterbalance al my faults with my tormenting paine
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