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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

apoise, arrogant, assured, balanced, calm, cocksure, collected, composed, confident, controlled, convinced, cool, decided, determined, dignified, easy, easygoing, equanimous, equibalanced, equilibrious, equiponderant, equiponderous, hovering, hubristic, imperturbable, levelheaded, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, placid, pompous, positive, possessed, prepared, proud, ready, reassured, recollected, reserved, secure, sedate, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-restrained, serene, staid, sure, suspended, symmetric, teetering, together, tottering, tranquil, trembling, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unflappable, unhesitating, unruffled, unwavering, waiting, wavering, well-balanced, wobbling

Dictionary Results for poised:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

poised
    adj 1: marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for
           action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised
           hammer"
    2: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
       collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
       poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more
       dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and
       self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected,
       equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained,
       self-possessed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Poise \Poise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poised, ; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Poising.] [OE. poisen, peisen, OF. & F. peser, to weigh,
   balance, OF. il peise, il poise, he weighs, F. il p[`e]se,
   fr. L. pensare, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See Poise,
   n., and cf. Pensive.] [Formerly written also peise.]
   1. To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the
      scales of a balance.
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   2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
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            Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky;
            Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. --Dryden.
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   3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
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            One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality.
                                                  --Shak.
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            To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. --Dryden.
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   4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
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            He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise
            the weight, and discern the evidence. --South.
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   5. To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.]
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            Lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

balanced \bal"anced\ adj.
   being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; --
   opposite of unbalanced. the carefully balanced seesaw a
   properly balanced symphony orchestra a balanced assessment of
   intellectual and cultural history a balanced blend of
   whiskeys the educated man shows a balanced development of all
   his powers [Narrower terms: counterbalanced,
   counter-balanced, counterpoised; well-balanced; poised]
   [Related terms: stable --- (maintaining equilibrium)]
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