单词 | counterworking |
释义 | counterworkingn. The action of counterwork v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > contrary operation or action counterwork1598 counter-motion1606 countercurrence1643 counterworking1664 counter-current1684 counteraction1750 counter-movement1818 counter-agency1831 counter-move1858 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 37 The Counter-workings of Corrivals. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 471 The counterworkings of Indwelling Corruption..have ability..to..extinguish Grace, if it were not maintain'd. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xli. 424 In the external world, all is action and reaction,—all is working and counterworking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). counterworkingadj. That counterworks. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating against counterworking1660 contra-acting1666 counteracting1793 counteractive1805 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 13 Two troublesome counter-working adversaries. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 309 By the counterworking rivalry of Pausanias. 1879 T. H. S. Escott England I. 190 Varying and counterworking factors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). > as lemmascounter-working counter-working n. Brit. /ˌkaʊntəˈwəːkɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌkaʊn(t)ərˈwərkɪŋ/ ΚΠ a1864 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) II. 202 You have sworn many things..some of which were very soon countersworn. < n.1664adj.1660 as lemmas |
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