Definition of counteract

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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..

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Counteractibely :: Counteractibely (adv.) By counteraction.
Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Antarthritic :: Antarthritic (a.) Counteracting or alleviating gout.
Neutralize :: Neutralize (v. t.) To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc..
Antihydrophobic :: Antihydrophobic (a.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (n.) Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system..
Moly :: Moly (n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe..
Counteractive :: Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts..
Antihypochondriac :: Antihypochondriac (a.) Counteractive of hypochondria.
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..
Counterwork :: Counterwork (v. t.) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
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..
Counteractive :: Counteractive (a.) Tending to counteract.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..
Contrastimulant :: Contrastimulant (a.) Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.
Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid..
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to..
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