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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EQUILI'BRATE, v.t. [L. oequus and libro, to poise.]
To balance equally two scales, sides or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side.
The bodies of fishes are equilibrated with the water.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
2: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" [syn: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise] [ant: unbalance]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-brated; -brating) Date: 1635 transitive verb to bring into or keep in equilibrium ; balance intransitive verb to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium • equilibration noun • equilibrator noun • equilibratory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. cause (two things) to balance. 2 intr. be in equilibrium; balance. Derivatives: equilibration n. equilibrator n. Etymology: LL aequilibrare aequilibrat- (as EQUI-, libra balance)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equilibrate E`qui*li"brate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equilibrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equilibrating.] [L. aequilibratus in equilibrium; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equilibrium.] To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. --H. Spenser.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Keep in balance, maintain in equipoise.