Definition of counter

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Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

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Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..
Countre- :: Countre- () Same as prefix Counter-.
Courage :: Courage (n.) That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Disguise :: Disguise (v. t.) To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions..
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Countertrippant :: Countertrippant (a.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Antidote :: Antidote (v. t.) To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote..
Antichthon :: Antichthon (n.) A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun..
Mock :: Mock (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham..
Against :: Against (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time..
Counterdrawn :: Counterdrawn (p. p.) of Counterdra.
Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.
Justle :: Justle (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle.
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Wellhole :: Wellhole (n.) A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes..
Alto :: Alto (n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
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