COUNTERACT
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...
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COUNTERACTED
COUNTERACTED, participle passive Hindered; frustrated; defeated by contrary agency.
COUNTERACTING
COUNTERACTING, participle present tense Hindering; frustrating.
COUNTERACTION
COUNTERACTION, noun Action in opposition; hindrance.
COUNTERBALANCE
COUNTERBALANCE, verb transitive [counter and balance.] To weigh against; to weigh against with an equal weight; to act against with equal power or effect; to countervail A colum...
COUNTERBALANCED
COUNTERBALANCED, participle passive Opposed by equal weight, power or effect.
COUNTERBALANCING
COUNTERBALANCING, participle present tense Opposing by equal weight, power or operation.
COUNTERBOND
COUNTERBOND, noun [counter and bond.] A bond to save harmless one who has given bond for another.
COUNTERBUFF
COUNTERBUFF, verb transitive [counter and buff.] To strike back or in an opposite direction; to drive back; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
COUNTERBUFFED
COUNTERBUFFED, participle passive Struck with a blow in opposition.
COUNTERCAST
COUNTERCAST, noun Delusive contrivance; contrary cast.
COUNTERCASTER
COUNTERCASTER, noun [counter and caster.] A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper, in contempt.
COUNTERCHANGE
COUNTERCHANGE, noun [counter and change.] Exchange; reciprocation.COUNTERCHANGE, verb transitive To give and receive; or to cause to change places.
COUNTERCHANGED
COUNTERCHANGED, participle passive Exchanged. In heraldry, intermixed, as the colors of the field and charge.
COUNTERCHARM
COUNTERCHARM, noun [counter and charm.] That which has the power of dissolving or opposing the effect of a charm.COUNTERCHARM, verb transitive To destroy the effect of enchantment.
COUNTERCHECK
COUNTERCHECK, verb transitive [counter and check.] To oppose or stop by some obstacle; to check.COUNTERCHECK, noun Check; stop; rebuke; or a censure to check a reprover.
COUNTERCURRENT
COUNTERCURRENT, adjective [counter and current.] Running in an opposite direction.COUNTERCURRENT, noun A current in an opposite direction.
COUNTERDISTINCTION
COUNTERDISTINCTION, noun Contradistinction.
COUNTERDRAW
COUNTERDRAW, verb transitive [counter and draw.] In painting, to copy a design or painting, by means of a fine linen cloth, an oiled paper, or other transparent matter, whereon ...
COUNTERDRAWING
COUNTERDRAWING, participle present tense Copying by means of lines drawn on some transparent matter.
COUNTERDRAWN
COUNTERDRAWN, participle passive Copied from lines drawn on something else.
COUNTERFEIT
COUNTERFEIT, verb transitive1. To forge; to copy or imitate, without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud, by passing the copy or thing forged, for that whi...
COUNTERFEITED
COUNTERFEITED, participle passive Forged; made in imitation of something, with a view to defraud; copied; imitated; feigned.
COUNTERFEITER
COUNTERFEITER, noun1. One who counterfeits; a forger.2. One who copies or imitates; one who assumes a false appearance.3. One who endeavors to set off a thing in false colors.
COUNTERFEITLY
COUNTERFEITLY, adverb By forgery; falsely; fictitiously.
COUNTERFERMENT
COUNTERFERMENT, noun [counter and ferment.] Ferment opposed to ferment.
COUNTERFESANCE
COUNTERFESANCE, noun The act of forging; forgery.