counterweigh means to act as counterbalance (against something). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
counterweigh is pronounced /kaʊntəˈweɪ/.
Etymology
From counter- + weigh, under the influence Anglo-Norman contrepeser (“to counterpoise”).
verb
- To act as counterbalance (against something).
- To counterbalance; to balance out.“Yet Francis's favour could not counterweigh the disastrous flaw in European Christian mission in Africa, its association with the Portuguese slave trade.”
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