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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Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (v. t.) To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
Antidote :: Antidote (v. t.) To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote..
Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
Efficacy :: Efficacy (n.) Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer..
Counteracting :: Counteracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterac.
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..
Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
Antihysteric :: Antihysteric (a.) Counteracting hysteria.
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Antinephritic :: Antinephritic (a.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys..
Antagonism :: Antagonism (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
Moly :: Moly (n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe..
Alexipharmical :: Alexipharmical (a.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
Counteractive :: Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts..
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison..
Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (a.) Counteracting scurvy.
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..
Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.
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