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Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

Countersunk :: Countersunk (imp. & p. p.) of Countersin.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. t.) To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person..

Counterview :: Counterview (n.) An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.

Unfeigned :: Unfeigned (a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man..

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.

Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee..

Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.

Diminution :: Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself..

Counteract :: Counteract (v. t.) To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice..

Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Counterflory :: Counterflory (a.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

Countervote :: Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.

Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..

Recrimination :: Recrimination (n.) The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.

Countermen :: Countermen (pl. ) of Counterma.

Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

Jetton :: Jetton (n.) A metal counter used in playing cards.

Antonym :: Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.

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