COUNTERPROJECT
COUNTERPROJECT, noun [counter and project.] A project, scheme or proposal, of one party, given in opposition to another, before given by the other party; as in the negotiation o...
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COUNTERPROOF
COUNTERPROOF, noun [counter and proof.] In rolling-press printing, a print taken off from another fresh printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives the figure of th...
COUNTERPROVE
COUNTERPROVE, verb transitive [counter and prove.] To take off a design in black lead or red chalk, by passing it through a rolling press with another piece of paper, both being...
COUNTERROLL
COUNTERROLL, noun [counter and roll.]1. In law, a counterpart or copy of the rolls, relating to appeals, inquests, etc.2. As a verb, this word is contracted into control, which ...
COUNTERROLMENT
COUNTERROLMENT, noun A counter account. [See Control.]
COUNTERSCARP
COUNTERSCARP, noun In fortification, the exterior talus or slope of the ditch, or the talus that supports the earth of the covered way; but it often signifies the whole covered ...
COUNTERSCUFFLE
COUNTERSCUFFLE, noun Opposite scuffle; contest.
COUNTERSEAL
COUNTERSEAL, verb transitive To seal with another.
COUNTERSENSE
COUNTERSENSE, noun Opposite meaning.
COUNTERSIGN
COUNTERSIGN, verb transitive [counter and sign.] Literally, to sign on the opposite side of an instrument or writing; hence, to sign, as secretary or other subordinate officer, ...
COUNTERSIGNAL
COUNTERSIGNAL, noun A signal to answer or correspond to another; a naval term.
COUNTERSIGNED
COUNTERSIGNED, participle passive Signed by a secretary or other subordinate officer.
COUNTERSIGNING
COUNTERSIGNING, participle present tense Attesting by the signature of a subordinate officer.
COUNTERSTATUTE
COUNTERSTATUTE, noun A contrary statute, or ordinance.
COUNTERSTOCK
COUNTERFOIL, COUNTERSTOCK noun That part of a tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by an officer in that court, the other being delivered to the person who has lent the ...
COUNTERSTROKE
COUNTERSTROKE, noun A contrary stroke; a stroke returned.
COUNTERSWAY
COUNTERSWAY, noun Contrary sway; opposite influence.
COUNTERTALLY
COUNTERTALLY, noun A tally corresponding to another.
COUNTERTASTE
COUNTERTASTE, noun [counter and taste.] Opposite or false taste.
COUNTERTENOR
COUNTERTENOR, COUNTER, noun [counter and tenor.] In music, one of the middle parts, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
COUNTERTIDE
COUNTERTIDE, noun [counter and tide.] Contrary tide.
COUNTERTIME
COUNTERTIME, noun [counter and time.]1. In the manege, the defense or resistance of a horse that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horsem...
COUNTERTURN
COUNTERTURN, noun The highth of a play, which puts an end to expectation.
COUNTERVAIL
COUNTERVAIL, verb transitive [counter and Latin, to avail or be strong.] To act against with equal force, or power; to equal; to act with equivalent effect against any thing; to...
COUNTERVAILED
COUNTERVAILED, participle passive Acted against with equal force or power; balanced; compensated.
COUNTERVAILING
COUNTERVAILING, participle present tense Opposing with equal strength or value; balancing; obviating an effect.
COUNTERVIEW
COUNTERVIEW, noun [counter and view.]1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.2. Contrast; a position in which two dissimilar...