Definition of counteract

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Counteract (v. t.) 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..

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Antihypochondriac :: Antihypochondriac (a.) Counteractive of hypochondria.
Antagonist :: Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (a.) Counteracting inflammation.
Counteractive :: Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts..
Alexipharmical :: Alexipharmical (a.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Counteracted :: Counteracted (imp. & p. p.) of Counterac.
Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.
Antidotal :: Antidotal (a.) Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Counter :: Counter (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a..
Neutralize :: Neutralize (v. t.) To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To neutralize the force of; to counteract.
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..
Contrastimulant :: Contrastimulant (a.) Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.
Displeasure :: Displeasure (n.) The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Antagonism :: Antagonism (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
Correction :: Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..
Antiseptical :: Antiseptical (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive..
Antihydrophobic :: Antihydrophobic (a.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
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