verb transitiveWord forms: ˌcounterˈchanged or ˌcounterˈchanging
1.
to transpose; interchange
2.
to checker; variegate
counterchange in American English
(ˌkauntərˈtʃeindʒ)
transitive verbWord forms: -changed, -changing
1.
to cause to change places, qualities, etc.; interchange
2.
to diversify; checker
Word origin
[1885–90; counter- + change]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, sensitization, toner, twofercounter- is a combining form with the meanings “against,” “contrary,” “opposite,” “in oppositionor response to” (countermand); “complementary,” “in reciprocation,” “corresponding,” “parallel” (counterfoil; counterbalance); “substitute,” “duplicate” (counterfeit)