Poised vs Peised - What's the difference?
poised | peised |
Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
Ready, prepared.
:He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he drew his gun in a smooth arc.
*{{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 29
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas
, work=BBC Sport
(poise)
(peise)
To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise.
(figuratively) To weigh or take the measure of (an immaterial object).
A weight; a poise.
(obsolete) A heavy blow, an impact.
*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
*: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.
As verbs the difference between poised and peised
is that poised is (poise) while peised is (peise).As an adjective poised
is possessing poise, having self-confidence.poised
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=A free-kick from Matthew Etherington caused more confusion on the stroke of half-time but Mehmet Aurelio was able to hook the ball clear with Cameron Jerome poised to strike.}}