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A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [Obs.]

lly, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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.

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

To move in a contrary direction to.

A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure. Knolles.

Contrary to nature. [R.] Harvey.

To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.

A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.

A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. [Obs.] A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. Milton.

The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties. Dryden.

See Contravallation.

A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast. I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview, or contrast with that of the other company. Swift.

See Contradance. He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macualay.

t consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.

ance, to pass over; as, the rider covered the ground in an hour. -- To cover one's short contracts (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. -- Covering party (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as o…

The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance.

A contraction of cousin. Shak.