What does peise mean?
Peise means (obsolete) To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise..
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/peɪz/ · verb
(obsolete) To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise..
I speak too long; but 'tis to peise the time, To eke it, and to draw it out in length, […]
To weigh pence with a peise.
Great Ptolomæe it for his lemans sake / Ybuilded all of glasse, by Magicke powre, / And also it impregnable did make; / Yet when his loue was false, he with a peaze it brake.
Use peise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peise means (obsolete) To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I speak too long; but 'tis to peise the time, To eke it, and to draw it out in length, […]
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