COUNTERACT, verb transitive [counter and act.] To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat or frustrate by contrary agency. Good precepts will sometimes counteract the effects of evil example; but more generally good precepts are counteracted by bad examples.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.