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Webster 1913 Edition
Countervail
Counˊter-vail′
(kounˊt?r-v?l′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Countervailed
(-v?ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Countervailing
.] [OF.
contrevaloir
; contre
(L. contra
) + valoir
to avail, fr. L. valere
to be strong, avail. See Vallant
.] 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.
Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly
countervail
the inconveniences that go allong with it. L’Estrange.
Coun′ter-vailˊ
(koun′t?r-v?lˊ)
, Noun.
Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.
[Obs.]
Surely, the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor
countervail
for the bitterness of the review. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Countervail
COUNTERVAIL
,Verb.
T.
The profit will hardly countervail the inconveniences.
Although the enemy could not countervail the kings damage. Esther 7.
COUNTERVAIL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
countervail
countervail
English
Verb
countervail (third-person singular simple present countervails, present participle countervailing, simple past and past participle countervailed)
- (obsolete) To have the same value as.
- To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
- To compensate for.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.38:
- I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
- L'Estrange
- Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.38:
Translations
to counteract, counterbalance or neutralize
to compensate for
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