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1 poised
2 ( elegant) plein d'aisance ;3 ( suspended) [pen, knife, hand] en suspens ; poised in mid-air suspendu dans l'air ; she sat there, pen poised elle était assise, prête à écrire ;4 ( balanced) to be poised on lit se tenir sur [rock, platform, cliff] ; the power was poised between ministers and businessmen fig les ministres et les hommes d'affaires se partageaient le pouvoir ; poised on the brink of a great discovery fig à la veille d'une grande découverte ;5 ( on the point of) to be poised to do être sur le point de faire ; to be poised for sth être prêt pour qch.
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