poise (v.) Copy link • poise (v.): lībro, 1 (to hold in equilibrium): by what weights the earth is p.d, quibus librata (sit) terra ponderibus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, extr.: Ov. Fig.: of an empire, Tac. H. 1, 16, init. Of one in act to throw: long p.ing (the weapon) he lets fly, diu librans jacit, Virg. Aen. 10, 480. That which serves to p. anything, lībrāmen, ĭnis, n.: Liv. 42, 65, med.; also, librāmentum, ib. 63, med.