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单词 counterchange
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counterchangen.

Etymology: < French contrechange = Italian contracambio (Florio): see counter- prefix 2b, 2d, 2j.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounterchange.
1.
a. Exchange of one thing against another. Obsolete.
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the world > time > change > exchange > [noun]
change?c1225
changingc1350
interchangingc1374
exchangec1384
permutationa1398
commutation1496
achange1530
chopping and changing1548
interchange1548
exchanging1553
promutation1560
intercourse1576
counterchange1579
chopping1581
counter-cambio?1592
interchangementa1616
commerce1631
swapping1695
barter1819
counterchanging1881
switching1904
va-et-vient1919
switch-around1981
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 349 To occupie anye place of importaunce..whiche they mighte holde in counterchaunge, or as a pawne to haue agayne Montpulcian.
1581 A. Anderson Serm. Paules Crosse 81 Trafique, or craue counterchange with the Marchaunt or Usurer.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 924 Concerning counterchange of goods.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 124 In counterchange..of the Corne..transported into forren Countries, there is yearely brought into France, etc.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-change, a mutual Exchange made between two Parties by Compact or Agreement.
b. Equal or equivalent return; requital, reciprocation. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun]
gain-giving1489
retaliation1546
reciprocation1561
counterchange1586
return1591
paying back1598
revying1610
gratuity1614
quida1616
retreat?1615
retortion1636
retortment1649
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > mutuality or reciprocity > reciprocal thing
reciproque1536
reciprocal1570
counterchange1586
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 431 The Romanes, being vnwilling that he [sc. Pyrrhus] should excell them in any kind of beneficence..sent him as many prisoners of his for a counter-change.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll3 But Paridell sore brused with the blow, Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 265 In counter-change whereof [kind entertainment] he then..flatly arrested his Host.
2.
a. Transposition. Obsolete. [Compare counterchange v. 3b]
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the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun]
changec1325
substitution1572
shift1573
quid pro quo1580
counterchange1589
supposing1591
subrogation1596
commutation1597
suffection1612
surrogationa1638
supplying1643
changeover1918
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 174 Antimetauole or the Counterchange..a figure which takes a couple of words to play with in a verse, and by making them to chaunge and shift one into others place they do very pretily exchange and shift the sence.
1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xi. 103 Hath not Musicke her figures, the same which Rhetorique? What is a Reuert but her Antistrophe?..her counterchange of points, Antimetabole's?
b. Alternation. Obsolete.
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the world > time > change > alternation > [noun]
interchangingc1374
alternationc1443
alternement1483
interchange1559
intercourse1571
reciprocation1586
circulation1597
counterchange1602
interchangeableness1606
subalternation1616
vicissitude1624
alternity1646
alternacy1650
alternative1732
variegation1781
fluctuation1802
alternance1826
up and down1855
intermittence1860
1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 33 a The varietie and counterchange of good & bad successe in the warres betwyxt King Henry the sixt and King Edward the fourth.
3.
a. ( counter-change.) A change which is the counterpart of another.
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1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 27. (1822) I. 214 She therefore wrought a counter-change in the appearance of Procris.
b. Esp. in design, a pattern which systematically employs contrasting effects or where pattern and background are of the same shape.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > types of pattern or design generally
Morisk1341
Moresque1458
arabesque1656
Morisco1728
all-over1808
Moresco1823
shawl-pattern1838
repeat pattern1851
repeat1855
unit1855
styling1867
counterchange1888
oriental1897
mosaicking1923
scenic1956
1888 F. G. Jackson Lessons on Decorative Design vi. 139 By ‘counterchange’ is understood the arrangement of a pattern in such a way that itself and the ground shall be of the same form, showing at once that it is but a special way of employing..repetition.
1962 R. G. Haggar Dict. Art Terms 96/2 Counterchange, alternation of effect in pictorial design; for example, light upon dark balanced by dark against light.
1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage i. 34 An inlay based on a counterchange design..demands a contrast of colour or tone to give it point.
1970 Times 28 Feb. (Suppl.) p. vii/4 Seaweed or arabesque marquetry..were created by an economical method known as counter~change.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

counterchangev.

/ˌkaʊntəˈtʃeɪndʒ/
Etymology: < French contrechanger (16th cent.) = Italian contracambiare (Florio): see counter- prefix 1.
1. transitive. To exchange against or for another.
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the world > time > change > exchange > exchange, change for [verb (transitive)]
changec1225
truck?c1225
interchangec1374
permutec1400
wrixlec1400
turnc1449
wissel1487
chaffer1530
niffer1540
bandy1589
to chaffer words1590
swap1590
barter1596
counterchange1598
commute1633
trade1636
countercambiate1656
ring1786
rebarter1845
trade1864
swop1890
permutate1898
interconvert1953
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Contracambiare, to counterchange.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxviii. 120 Who doth not willingie choppe and counterchange his health, his ease, yea, and his life for glory?
1647 J. Hall Poems i. 28 Then shall aggrandiz'd love confesse..That hearts can eas'ly counter-changed be.
2.
a. To change to the opposite (position, state, or quality); to cause to exchange places, qualities, etc.; to transpose.
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the world > time > change > exchange > exchange, change for [verb (transitive)] > to opposite position
counterchange1604
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > substitute [verb (transitive)]
changec1225
shifta1325
puta1400
underputc1400
put1483
put1535
subrogate1548
substitute1548
surrogate1586
counterchange1604
supplya1618
suffect1620
commute1667
succeed1667
to be in (another person's) shoes1842
sub1919
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Counterchange, to change againe.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 168 You shall see the Stone to Counterchange its Situation, and those æquatorial parts of the Magnet, which before respected the East, shall now wheel about, and fix themselves in the West.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 154 When they are counterchanged the Ranter becomes an Hypocrite, and the Hypocrite an able Ranter.
b. absol. or intransitive. To change places or parts.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > change to opposite condition
contrary1489
invert?1615
swing1833
counterchange1851
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] > by changing
to rob Peter to pay Paula1400
counterchange1851
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 65 The contracting sovereigns counterchanged; Charles swore in Deutsch, Louis in Roman.
3.
a. Heraldry. To interchange or reverse the tinctures; to give (a charge) the same tinctures as the field (when this is of two tinctures), but reversed; so that e.g. colour comes upon metal, and metal upon colour. See counterchanged adj.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [verb (transitive)] > reverse tinctures
counterchange1863
1863 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 2) xv. 179 William counterchanges the tinctures.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) v. 77 When a Roundle is counterchanged, it loses its distinctive name.
b. transferred and figurative. To interchange, to chequer.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > chequer [verb (transitive)]
counterchange1614
chequer1633
check1798
the world > time > change > exchange > exchange, change for [verb (transitive)] > interchange
changec1300
interchangec1374
exchange1604
reciprocate1611
alternatea1711
counterchange1728
1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue iv. 54 Her Ivory Neck Rubies and Saphirs counter-chang'd in check.
1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 32 Counterchanging harsh and mild consonances.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nights viii, in Poems 53 A sudden splendour..counterchanged The level lake with diamondplots Of saffron light.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxvii. 129 Witch-elms that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. View more context for this quotation
1864 Realm 22 June 7 The cognate Teutons, who counterchange the debatable border between Denmark and Germany.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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