| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To act as an equalizing weight or force to: balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, make up, offset, set off. See ORDER. 2. To make up for: balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, neutralize, offset, outweigh, redeem, set off. See SUBSTITUTE.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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