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Countermandable :: Countermandable (a.) Capable of being countermanded; revocable.

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter..

False :: False (superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry..

Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.

Countertime :: Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse..

Brave :: Brave (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.

Fashion :: Fashion (v. t.) To forge or counterfeit.

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.

Hunt-counter :: Hunt-counter (n.) A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.

Counter-compony :: Counter-compony (a.) See Compony.

Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..

Equivalence :: Equivalence (v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart..

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

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid..

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..

Contrapuntal :: Contrapuntal (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint..

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..

Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory..

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