counterchange

American  

[koun-ter-cheynj] / ˌkaʊn tərˈtʃeɪndʒ /

verb (used with object)

counterchanged, counterchanging

1. to cause to change places, qualities, etc.; interchange.

2. to diversify; checker.

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counterchange British  

/ ˌkaʊntəˈtʃeɪndʒ /

verb

1. to change parts, qualities, etc

2. poetic to chequer, as with contrasting colours

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Etymology

Origin of counterchange

First recorded in 1885–90; counter- + change

Example Sentences

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counterchange counterchanged counterchanging

Net result: a cat-and-mouse game of code change and counterchange that could prevent the adoption of standards and stunt this medium for years to come.

From Time Magazine Archive

See, Posthumus anchors upon Imogen, And she, like harmless lightning, throws her eye On him, her brothers, me, her master, hitting Each object with a joy; the counterchange Is severally in all.

From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William

They take us into the open fields, and show us the soft counterchange of shadows and sunlight, bright spaces and pursuing swarths of shade.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various

Then o'er Æneas' spirit, racked with fear, Joy stole in gentle counterchange.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Designs may be planned on the counterchange principle.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace

The arms of this family are, Per fesse nebulée azure, and argent three antelopes' heads, erased counterchanged, armed or.

From Notes and Queries, Number 22, March 30, 1850 by Various

Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged.

From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The front of the battle was now exactly counterchanged; and each army occupied the ground which had been possessed by the enemy at the beginning of the day.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

ARMS: per bend argent and sable, two anchors, the upper one reversed, counterchanged.

From Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Sieveking, Giberne

The door and wall panels have elaborate architectural forms in relief with base, frieze, and pilasters; and are also fully inlaid with arabesques, counterchanged bay by bay.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

And from the mere fact of the counterchanging you gather that it is inlaid, and not onlaid.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary

In India they still inlay in cloth most marvellously, not only counterchanging the pattern, but inlaying the inlays with smaller patternwork, thus combining great simplicity of effect with wonderful minuteness of detail.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary