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poisesnounpl. of poise a general way of holding the bodythe woman's poise suggested that she was accustomed to having her wishes carried out promptly and without question attitudes, carriages, postures, stances, stations attentionsbody languagesposes, seatsbearings, behaviors, conducts, demeanors, deportmentsairs, presencesaspects, looks, miens poisesverbpresent tense third-person singular of poiseto prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionallythe disgraced business executive poised herself for the difficult press conference braces, forearms, fortifies, nerves, psyches (up), readies, steels, strengthens armshardens, inures, seasons, toughensbolsters, boosts, buoys (up), buttresses, enforces, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supports, sustainscheers (up), comforts, emboldens, encourages, heartens, inspiresrallies, rouses, stirs daunts, demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispirits, psychs (out), shakes, unnervesdebilitates, enervates, enfeebles, prostrates, saps, softens, tires, undercuts, undermines, weakens to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the airthe falcon poised in the air for an instant before diving to attack its prey drifts, floats, glides, hangs, hovers, rides, sails, swims, wafts bobs, dangles, suspendsbuoysballoons, rafts settles, sinks dives, lunges, plungesdips, immerses, submerges, submerses |