[1] : 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`ese,
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. to hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
      1913 webster

            nor yet was earth suspended in the sky;
            nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to counterpoise; to counterbalance.
      1913 webster

            one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
      1913 webster

            he can not sincerely consider the strength, poise
            the weight, and discern the evidence. --south.
      1913 webster

   5. to weigh down; to oppress. obs.
      1913 webster

            lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
poised poising poise pensive peise 

[2] : 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
   wordnet 1.5
see also:
unbalanced counterbalanced, counter-balanced, counterpoised well-balanced poised 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
see also:
collected equanimous self-collected self-contained self-possessed 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "poised":
   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

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