Definition of counter

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Counter (adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor..

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Counterproved :: Counterproved (imp. & p. p.) of Counterprov.
Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..
Cross-purpose :: Cross-purpose (n.) A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory..
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..
Counterirritate :: Counterirritate (v. t.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Counterchecked :: Counterchecked (imp. & p. p.) of Counterchec.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..
Countercharge :: Countercharge (n.) An opposing charge.
Alexipharmic :: Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
Counter-salient :: Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
Marker :: Marker (n.) A counter used in card playing and other games.
Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured..
Rencountering :: Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounte.
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..
Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A person who closely resembles another.
Antonym :: Antonym (n.) A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Counterchange :: Counterchange (n.) Exchange; reciprocation.
Counteractive :: Counteractive (a.) Tending to counteract.
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