Vocabulary : Counted to Counteract

Counted : of Count
Countenance : To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. ;; To make a show of; to pretend.
Countenanced : of Countenance
Countenancer : One who countenances, favors, or supports.
Countenancing : of Countenance

Counter : A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. ;; One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner. ;; A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. ;; Money; coin; -- used in contempt. ;; A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London. ;; A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. ;; A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured. ;; Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go. ;; In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter. ;; At or against the front or face. ;; Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a co
Counter brace : The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ;; A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.
Counter tenor : One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
Counter weight : A counterpoise.
Counteract : 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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