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单词 counter-proof
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counter-proofn.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2h, 2gPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-ˌproof.
1. Proof on the other side or to the contrary.Might be written as two words.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > instance of
confutationa1535
rejarg1534
rejag?1554
overthwart?1567
counter-proof1610
confute1646
disproof1657
rebutter1794
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xx. 162 [He] had a suspicion of the Fidelitie of his Wife..vntill hee was driuen by counter-proofe, to acknowledge his causlesse suspicion.
2. (See quots.)
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-Proof, in Rolling-Press Printing, a Print taken off from another fresh printed; which, by being pass'd thro' the Press, gives the Figure of the former, but inverted.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Counter To Counter-prove, is also to pass a Design in black Lead, or red Chalk thro' the Press, after having moisten'd with a Sponge, both that, and the Paper on which the Counter-Proof is to be taken.
1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

counter-proofadj.

Obsolete.
Proof (against something).
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1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. L2v A Man..That's counter-proofe against the Farms mis-haps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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