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单词 countercheck
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countercheckn.

/ˈkaʊntətʃɛk/
Forms: Also counter-check.
Etymology: counter- prefix 2b, 2a
1. A ‘check’, rebuke, or reproof in reply to or return for another. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > in reply
countercheck1559
1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 47 I became as a man not hearing, and having no counterchecks in his mouth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 79 If againe, it was not well cut, he wold say, I lie: this is call'd the counter-checke quarrelsome. View more context for this quotation
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Counter-check, a Censure made upon a Reprover.
2. A check that opposes or arrests the course of anything.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > that which
lockeOE
floodgatec1230
stopc1508
staya1533
snub1581
prevention1584
embarment1606
allay1607
spar1614
counterchecka1616
gag1618
preventivea1639
check1661
preventative1691
embargo1692
closed door1934
policeman1951
block-
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 224 Who painefully..Haue brought a counter-checke before your gates. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 270 These inquests..soon met with a counterchecke from the Law.
1749 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage II. 85 Suddenly there came a violent countercheck of Tide from the South West.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ix. 242 The evil that we suffer is often a countercheck which restrains us from greater evil.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. vii. 109 There is no counter-check to its emotions.
3. A check that operates against or controls a check.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > that which > against a check
countercheck1832
1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 133 The checks and counter~checks which nature has appointed to preserve the balance of power amongst species.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 136 Many things perplex, With motions, checks, and counterchecks.
1892 Standard 15 June 5/2 There ought to have been check and counter check, and the lâches even of a responsible person would have been atoned for by the vigilance of others.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

countercheckv.

Brit. /ˌkaʊntəˈtʃɛk/, U.S. /ˈˌkaʊn(t)ərˈˌtʃɛk/
Forms: Also counter-check, (1600s conter-check).
Etymology: counter- prefix 1.
1. transitive. To ‘check’, rebuke, or reprove either in reply to a rebuke or taunt, or as an expression of opposition. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > in reply
countercheck1587
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1296/1 Hymineus denieth his good will..notwithstanding Diana hath so counter-checked him therfore, as he shall hereafter be at your commandement.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. C Hee tooke the wall of the young noble man, which Seruilius taking in disdaine, countercheckt with this frump.
1598 [see counterchecking adj. at Derivatives].
2. To check or arrest by counteraction.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > neutralize or counteract
fordoc1175
counterpoisec1374
correct1578
countercheck1590
countervail1590
cancel1633
counterbalance1636
counterswaya1640
countermand1645
counter-influence1667
counteract1694
destroy1726
neutralizea1797
counterweigh1825
antagonize1833
mitigate1857
kill1858
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > check (in) a course of action
stanchc1315
arrestc1374
checka1400
stem?c1450
stay1525
to take up1530
rebate1532
suspend1565
nip1575
countercheck1590
to nip in the bud1590
to clip the wings ofa1593
to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)1594
trasha1616
to scotch the wheels of1648
spike1687
spoke1854
to pull up1861
1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie Ded. Every humorous passion countercheckt with a storme.
1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt 5 The course of a stronge currant, counterchekt by a barre of earth.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. x. i. 886/1 His Maiesty..with his owne hand wrote to counterchecke his former Warrant.
1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 61 As if there were a secret opposition in fate..to..conter-checke all our deuices & proposing.
1861 W. Gresley Sophron & Neologus 357 All the tendencies of her condition are checked and counterchecked.

Derivatives

counterˈchecking adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > in reply
counterchecking1598
1598 Mucedorus sig. A2v Post hence thy selfe, thou counterchecking trul.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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