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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Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.
Counteractive :: Counteractive (a.) Tending to counteract.
Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (a.) Counteracting scurvy.
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..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..
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..
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to..
Alexipharmical :: Alexipharmical (a.) Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.
Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
Counter :: Counter (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a..
Counteracted :: Counteracted (imp. & p. p.) of Counterac.
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Antagonize :: Antagonize (v. t.) To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
Antarthritic :: Antarthritic (a.) Counteracting or alleviating gout.
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.
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..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce..
Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid..
Antiseptical :: Antiseptical (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive..
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