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2. antidote, counterbalance, counterweight, counterpoise, balance, check, countercheck; weight, stabilizer, equalizer, neutralizer, makeweight, ballast.
3. start, beginning, commencement, outset, onset, outbreak, dawn, conception, birth, genesis, exordium; opening, inauguration, Inf. ribbon-cutting, Inf kick-off, Inf. jump-off, Inf. send-off, Inf. take-off, Inf. blast-off; rise, arising, beginnings, emergence, incipience, nascence, infancy.
4. offshoot, branch, stem, twig, shoot. See - offshoot (def. 1).
-adj. 5. off-center, out of balance, out of alignment, to one side, out of line; at an angle, crooked, slanted, slanting, Sl. cockeyed, askew, awry.
-v. 6. juxtapose, compare, collate, contrast, set side by side, oppose, set against, Sl. stack up.
7. compensate for, make up for, Inf. even things out, countervail, counterbalance, counterweigh, counterpoise; counteract, anitdote, neutralize, nullify, cancel or cancel out; balance, equalize, handicap, even, square, equate; adjust, adapt, accommodate, Naut. (of sails) trim.
8. recompense, repay, reimburse, indemnify, refund; make restitution, make amends, requite, satisfy, make up for, redress, atone, expiate, make good.
9. project, protrude, stick out, jut out; branch, diverge, divide, fork.

offshoot, n. 1. branch, bough, limb, twig, stem; sucker, spur, shoot, switch; runner, tendril; sprout, sprig; leafstalk, Bot. petiole.
2. descendant, offspring, scion, heir, son, daughter, child; relation, relative, kin, cousin; kindred, offset.
3. outgrowth, upshot, outcome, ramification, result, consequence; issue, product, effect, fruit, by-product; aftermath, trail, wake, backwash, aftereffect, fallout; addition, adjunct, annex, amendment, supplement.

offspring, n. 1. children, young, brood, spawn, litter, fry.
2. child, son, junior, daughter, scion, heir, heir apparent, chip off the old block; kid, calf, lamb, whelp, foal, cub, pup, puppy, chick, chicken.
3. descendants, successors, issue, seed, progeny, offshoots, offset; posterity, lineage, succession, pro-geniture, younger or rising generation.
4. result, product, end product, effect, offshoot, consequence; upshot, outcome, ougrowth, ramification; fruit, creation, invention, design; idea, thought, brainstorm.

often, adv. frequently, repeatedly, Poetic, oft; generally, usually, habitually, regularly, as a common thing, commonly, in many cases; periodically, ever and anon, now and again; time and again, time and time again, time after time, over and over, day-in-day-out; quite a bit, a lot.

ogle, v. 1. leer, Inf. make goo-goo eyes at, look at with sheep's eyes, look at with calf's eyes; wink, give the glad eye, roll the eyes, lock eyes; look up and down, check out, undress with one's eyes, Inf give the once-over, follow with one's eyes; look shyly, squint, look out of the corner of one's eyes, give a side glance, look askance at; flirt, coquet, make up to, trifle, simper.
2. eye, stare, gawk, gape, goggle, gaze; look at, peer, scrutinize, glance, scan; glare, glower, stare down.
-n. 3. leer, glad eye, wink, Inf. once-over, sly look, sidelong glance; lascivious look, lecherous look; stare, glance; fleer, sneer, smirk, a look that could kill, the look of a cockatrice.

ogre, n. 1. monster, ogress, giant, Cyclops, Minotaur, Gorgon; cockatrice, basilisk; chimera, incubus, succubus; vampire, Count Dracula; barghest, hobgob-