Definition of counter

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Counter (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations..

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Counterpassant :: Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
Counterirritation :: Counterirritation (n.) See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To neutralize the force of; to counteract.
Counterdrew :: Counterdrew (imp.) of Counterdra.
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Alexipharmic :: Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses..
Repassant :: Repassant (a.) Counterpassant.
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..
Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Magneto-electricity :: Magneto-electricity (n.) That branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism.
Fashion :: Fashion (v. t.) To forge or counterfeit.
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce..
Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement..
Countercaster :: Countercaster (n.) A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used contemptuously.
Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..
Counterbalancing :: Counterbalancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterbalanc.
Face :: Face (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle..
Chock :: Chock (n.) An encounter.
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