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Counterplead :: Counterplead (v. t.) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.

Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (a.) Running in an opposite direction.

Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

Countervailed :: Countervailed (imp. & p. p.) of Countervai.

Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

Antiseptical :: Antiseptical (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive..

Wellhole :: Wellhole (n.) A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes..

Counterview :: Counterview (n.) A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone..

Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..

Inimitable :: Inimitable (a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..

Excantation :: Excantation (n.) Disenchantment by a countercharm.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places..

Antagonism :: Antagonism (n.) Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

Diminution :: Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself..

True :: True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian..

Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

Bedspread :: Bedspread (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

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