† countervailmentn.
Obsolete. rare.
Compensation.
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1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night F iv b He that hath consumed his braines to compasse prosperitie and meetes with no counteruaylement in hir likenesse but hedge wine and lean mutton.
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