Definition of counter

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Counter (v. t.) A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations..

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Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..
Counterchange :: Counterchange (v. t.) To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.
Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Counterjumper :: Counterjumper (n.) A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously.
Counterpassant :: Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) 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..
Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.
Counterpole :: Counterpole (n.) The exact opposite.
Counter Weight :: Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise.
Countermanding :: Countermanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterman.
Countertime :: Countertime (n.) 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..
Countercharge :: Countercharge (n.) An opposing charge.
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..
Mock :: Mock (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham..
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..
Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
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