单词 | counterchange |
释义 | counterchangen. a. Exchange of one thing against another. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. a. Transposition. Obsolete. [Compare counterchange v. 3b] ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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