Countermand (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
Countermand (v. t.) To oppose; to revoke the command of.
Countermand (n.) A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
Countermandable (a.) Capable of being countermanded; revocable.
Countermarched (imp. & p. p.) of Countermarch
Countermarching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermarch
Countermarch (v. i.) To march back, or to march in reversed order.
Countermarch (n.) A marching back; retrocession.
Countermarch (n.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.
Countermarch (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
Countermark (n.) A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.
Countermark (n.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
Countermark (v. t.) To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.
Countermine (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
Countermined (imp. & p. p.) of Countermine
Countermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermine
Countermine (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
Countermine (v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
Countermine (v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
Countermove (v. t. & i.) To move in a contrary direction to.
Countermove () Alt. of Countermovement
Countermovement () A movement in opposition to another.
Countermure (n.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure.
Countermured (imp. & p. p.) of Countermure
Countermuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countermure
Countermure (v. t.) To fortify with a wall behind another wall.
Counternatural (a.) Contrary to nature.
Counter-paly (a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.
Counterpane (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.
Counterpane (n.) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.
Counterpart (n.) A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
Counterpart (n.) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
Counterpart (n.) A person who closely resembles another.
Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
Counterpassant (a.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.
Counterplead (v. t.) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
Counterplotted (imp. & p. p.) of Counterplot
Counterplotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterplot
Counterplot (v. t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
Counterplot (n.) A plot or artifice opposed to another.
Counterpoint (n.) An opposite point
Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody
Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.
Counterpoint (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.
Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpoise
Counterpoising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterpoise
Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.
Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
Counterpoise (n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
Counterpole (n.) The exact opposite.
Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
Counterproved (imp. & p. p.) of Counterprove
Counterproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterprove
Counterprove (v. t.) To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.
Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Counterrolment (n.) A counter account. See Control.
Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another.
Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.
Countersealed (imp. & p. p.) of Counterseal
Countersealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterseal
Counterseal (v. t.) To seal or ratify with another or others.
Countersecure (v. t.) To give additional security to or for.
Countershaft (n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.
Countersigned (imp. & p. p.) of Countersign
Countersigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersign
Countersign (v. t.) To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.
Countersign (a.) The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.
Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.
Countersunk (imp. & p. p.) of Countersink
Countersinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersink
Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.
Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
Counterstand (n.) Resistance; opposition; a stand against.
Counterstep (n.) A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.
Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.
Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.
Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.
Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.
Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.
Countersway (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
Counter tenor () One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
Counterterm (n.) A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend".
Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
Countertime (n.) Resistance; opposition.
Countertrippant (a.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
Countertripping (a.) Same as Countertrippant.
Counterturn (n.) The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
Countervailed (imp. & p. p.) of Countervail
Countervailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countervail
Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
Countervail (n.) Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.
Countervallation (n.) See Contravallation.
Counterview (n.) An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.