COUNTERCHECK

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

2.
n.

A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.

3.
n.

Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check. The system of checks and counterchecks. J. H. Newton.

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