Definition of counter

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Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

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Password :: Password (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Parallel :: Parallel (n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart..
Duplicate :: Duplicate (n.) That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart..
Antanagoge :: Antanagoge (n.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge..
Valor :: Valor (n.) Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
Countermanded :: Countermanded (imp. & p. p.) of Counterman.
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter..
Brummagem :: Brummagem (a.) Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who passes counterfeit coin.
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase..
Counterfeitly :: Counterfeitly (adv.) By forgery; falsely.
Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter..
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..
Countermuring :: Countermuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermur.
Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations..
Counter :: Counter (adv.) At or against the front or face.
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