Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 136
Countermand (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]
Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies. -- Harvey.
Countermand (v. t.) To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. -- Hooker.
Countermand (n.) A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
Countermandable (a.) Capable of being countermanded; revocable. -- Bacon.
Countermarched (imp. & p. p.) of Countermarch.
Countermarching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermarch.
Countermarch (v. i.) (Mil.) To march back, or to march in reversed order.
The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. -- Macaulay.
Countermarch (n.) A marching back; retrocession.
Countermarch (n.) (Mil.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.
Countermarch (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
Such countermarches and retractions as we do not willingly impute to wisdom. -- T. Burnet.
Countermarch (n.) (Military) A march in the reverse direction or back along the same route.
Countermarch (v.) March back along the same way.
Countermarch (v.) Change the order of soldiers during a march.
Countermark (v. t.) 刻印記；加副號 To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.
Countermark (n.) （加蓋在貨物，金銀器等上的）附加標記 A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.
Countermark (n.) (Far.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
Countermine (n.) (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Countermined (imp. & p. p.) of Countermine.
Countermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermine.
Countermine (v. t.) (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
Countermine (v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. -- Chapman.
Countermine (n.) (Military) A tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy.
Countermine (v.) Destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken].
Countermine (v.) Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined the banks of the river".
Countermove (v. t. & i.) To move in a contrary direction to.
Countermove () Alt. of Countermovement
Countermovement (n.) A movement in opposition to another.
Countermure (n.) (Fort.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure. -- Knolles.
Countermured (imp. & p. p.) of Countermure.
Countermuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermure.
Countermure (v. t.) To fortify with a wall behind another wall. [R.] -- Kyd.
Counternatural (a.) Contrary to nature. [R.] -- Harvey.
Counteroffensive (n.) 反擊；反攻 A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force.
Counter-paly (a.) (Her.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.
Counterpane (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.
On which a tissue counterpane was cast. -- Drayton.
Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.
Read, scribe; give me the counterpane. -- B. Jonson.
Counterpane (n.) Decorative cover for a bed [syn: bedspread, bedcover, bed cover, bed covering, counterpane, spread].
Counterpart (n.) [C] 極相像的人（或物）；互為補充的人（或物）；對應的人（或物），配對物 A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. -- Sir M. Hale.
Counterpart (n.) (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
Counterpart (n.) A person who closely resembles another.
Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. -- Dryden.
Counterpart (n.) A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another [syn: {counterpart}, {opposite number}, {vis-a-vis}].
Counterpart (n.) A duplicate copy [syn: {counterpart}, {similitude}, {twin}].
Counterpart, contracts. Formerly each party to an indenture executed a separate deed; that part which was executed by the grantor was called the original, and the rest the counterparts. It is now usual for all the parties to execute every part, and this makes them all originals. 2 Bl. Com. 296.
Counterpart, In granting lots subject to a ground rent reserved to the grantor, both parties execute the deeds, of which there are two copies; although both are original, one of them is sometimes called the counterpart. Vide 12 Vin. Ab. 104; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 7 Com. Dig. 443; Merl. Repert. mots Double Ecrit.
Counterpart (n.) [ C ] (C1) （與不同地方或組織的人或物）作用相同者，相對應者 A person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization.
// The prime minister is to meet his European counterparts to discuss the war against drugs
Counterpassant (a.) (Her.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
Counterplead (v. t.) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
Counterplotted (imp. & p. p.) of Counterplot.
Counterplotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterplot.
Counterplot (v. t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. -- De Quinsey.
Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another. -- L'Estrange.
Counterplot (n.) A plot intended to subvert another plot [syn: counterplot, counterplan].
Counterplot (v.) Make a plot in response to another plot.
Counterpoint (n.) An opposite point. [Obs.] -- Sir E. Sandys.
Counterpoint (n.) 【音】對位法，旋律配合法 [U]；對位旋律[C]；對比物；相互作用物 [U] The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody.
Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.
Counterpoint (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. -- Whewell.
Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.
Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. -- Sir T. North.
Counterpoint (n.) A musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies.
Counterpoint (v.) To show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" [syn: contrast, counterpoint].
Counterpoint (v.) Write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing".
Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpoise.
Counterpoising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterpoise.
Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Weights, counterpoising one another. -- Sir K. Digby.
Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.
So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest. -- Spenser.
Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
Fastening that to our exact balance, we put a metalline counterpoise into the opposite scale. -- Boyle.
Counterpoise (n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
The second nobles are a counterpoise to the higher nobility, that they grow not too potent. -- Bacon.
Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
The pendulous round eart, with balanced air, In counterpoise. -- Milton.
Counterpoise (n.) A weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser].
Counterpoise (v.) Constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to [syn: counterweight, counterpoise, counterpose].
Counterpole (n.) The exact opposite.
The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style. -- De Quincey.
Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
Counterproductive (a.) 產生不良後果的 Having the opposite of the desired effect.
‘Child experts fear the Executive's plans may prove counterproductive.’
Counterproved (imp. & p. p.) of Counterprove.
Counterproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterprove.
Counterprove (v. t.) To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.
Counter-roll (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. -- Burrill.
Note: As a verb this word is contracted into control. See Control.
Counterrolment (n.) A counter account. See Control. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Counter-salient (a.) (Her.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Counterscarf (n.) (Fort.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
Countersealed (imp. & p. p.) of Counterseal.
Countersealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterseal.
Counterseal (v. t.) To seal or ratify with another or others. -- Shak.
Countersecure (v. t.) To give additional security to or for. -- Burke.
Countershaft (n.) (Mach.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
Countersigned (imp. & p. p.) of Countersign.
Countersigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersign.
Countersign (v. t.) To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.
Countersign (a.) The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.
Countersign (a.) (Mil.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.
Countersign (n.) A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign].
Countersign (n.) A second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed [syn: countersignature, countersign].
Countersign (v.) Add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity; "You must countersign on this line of the contract".
Countersunk (imp. & p. p.) of Countersink.
Countersinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersink.
Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.
Note: In the United States a flaring cavity formed by chamfering the edges of a round hole is called a countersink, while a cylindrical flat-bottomed enlargement of the mouth of the hole is usually called a conterbore.
Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
Countersink (n.) A hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface.
Countersink (n.) A bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole [syn: counterbore, countersink, countersink bit].
Countersink (v.) Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: set, countersink].
Counterstand (n.) Resistance; opposition; a stand against.
Making counterstand to Robert Guiscard. -- Longfellow.
Counterstep (n.) A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.
Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.
Counterfoil (n.). [Counter- + foil a leaf.] That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock. [Eng.]
Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.
Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return. -- Spenser.
Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.
Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.
Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.
Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. [Obs.]
A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. -- Milton.
Counter tenor () (Mus.) One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), The C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef.
Counter (n.) [See Counter, adv., Contra.] (Naut.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
Counter (n.) (Mus.) 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.
Counter (n.) (Mus.) (Far.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
Counter (n.) (Mus.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
Counterterm (n.) A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". -- C. J. Smith.
Countertime (n.) (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
Countertime (n.) Resistance; opposition. [Obs.]
Give not shus the countertime to fate. -- Dryden.
Countertrippant (a.) (Her.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
Countertripping (a.) (Her.) Same as Countertrippant.
Counterturn (n.) The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties. --Dryden.
Countervailed (imp. & p. p.) of Countervail.
Countervailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countervail.
Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, 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 along with it. -- L'Estrange.
Countervail (n.) Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital. [Obs.]
Surely, the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor countervail for the bitterness of the review. -- South.
Countervail (v.) Compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" [syn: offset, countervail].
Countervail (v.) Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance].
Countervallation (n.) (Fort.) See Contravallation.
Counterview (n.) 反對意見 An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture 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 appendix. -- Sir W. Hamilton.