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Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

Counterfesance :: Counterfesance (a.) The act of forging; forgery.

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies..

Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.

Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..

Counterirritate :: Counterirritate (v. t.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.

Correction :: Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..

Counterseal :: Counterseal (v. t.) To seal or ratify with another or others.

Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations..

Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..

Educe :: Educe (v. t.) To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter..

Fish :: Fish (n.) A counter, used in various games..

Countermanding :: Countermanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterman.

Corrective :: Corrective (n.) That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct..

Countersign :: Countersign (v. t.) To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing..

Counterscale :: Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another..

Counter :: Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing..

Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..

Countermured :: Countermured (imp. & p. p.) of Countermur.

Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..

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