countervail

To have the same value or number as.

Nay could their numbers counteruaile the ſtars Or [euer] driſling drops of April ſhowers, Or withered leaues that Autume ſhaketh down, Yet would the Souldane by his conquering power: So ſcatter and conſume them in his rage, That not a man ſhal liue to rue their fall.

To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.

It cannot counteruaile the exchange of joy / That one ſhort minute giues me in her ſight:

[…] should I find thine ear closed and thy heart hardened, what hope for myself could countervail the despair for thee?

To compensate for.

I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.

countervail a very confiderable Advantage to all Men of Letters