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Webster 1913 Edition
Counterwork
Counˊter-work′
(-wûrk′)
, Verb.
T.
To work in opposition to; to counteract.
That
counterworks
each folly and caprice. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Counterwork
COUNTERWORK.
[See Work.] To work in opposition to; to counteract; to hinder any effect by contrary operations.That counterworks each folly and caprice.
Definition 2024
counterwork
counterwork
English
Verb
counterwork (third-person singular simple present counterworks, present participle counterworking, simple past and past participle counterworked)
- (transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
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