| 释义 |
counterˈprove, v.
Also 8 -proove.
[counter- 1; cf. also counterproof.]
†1. trans. To bring proof contrary to; to disprove. Obs.
1679Trials of Green, Berry, etc. 51 The woman was willing..to have counterproved the Evidence.
2. To take a counter-proof of; see counter-proof 2.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Counter-proof, To counter⁓prove is also to pass a design in black lead, or red chalk, through the press, after having moistened with a sponge..the paper on which the counter-proof is to be taken. |