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e of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.

Resistance; opposition. [Obs.] Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden.

Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.

Same as Countertrippant.

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

, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate. Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong with it. L'Estrange.

See Contravallation.

ure in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. Sir W. Hamilton.

To vote in opposition ti; to balance or overcome by viting; to outvote. Dr. J. Scott.

To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To weigh against; to counterbalance.

To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.

To work in oppositeion to; to counteract. That counterworksh folly and caprice. Pope.

One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.

or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts…

One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.

To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

unting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.

ame; 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.