Word Meanings - MAKEWEIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

COUNTERPOISE
countrepesen, counterpeisen, F. contrepeser. See Counter, adv., and 1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weght; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance. Weigts, counterpoising one another. Sir K. Digby. 2. To act against with equal
EQUILIBRIUM
aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in equilibrium, level; aequus equal + 1. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces. 2. A level position; a just poise or balance in respect
MAKEWEIGHT
That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.
AGGRAVATE
1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. "To aggravate thy store." Shak. 2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope.