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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Contrastimulant :: Contrastimulant (a.) Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants.
Counterwork :: Counterwork (v. t.) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
Antagonist :: Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..
Contrastimulant :: Contrastimulant (n.) An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.
Counteractive :: Counteractive (a.) Tending to counteract.
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..
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Antidotal :: Antidotal (a.) Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Antihypochondriac :: Antihypochondriac (a.) Counteractive of hypochondria.
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
Antagonism :: Antagonism (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.
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..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (a.) Counteracting inflammation.
Counteractibely :: Counteractibely (adv.) By counteraction.
Antinephritic :: Antinephritic (a.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys..
Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (a.) Of power to counteract alkalies.
Antidote :: Antidote (n.) Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce..
Antalkaline :: Antalkaline (n.) Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system..
Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
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