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

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

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

Dissolution is the counterchange which sooner or later every evolved aggregate undergoes.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)

Greek art and Gothic alike have series, with repetition or counterchange for their ruling motive. 

From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson

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

I could play quadrilles and country dances, and now and then a reel - nobody thought of waltzes - and the three couples changed and counterchanged partners. 

From Chantry House by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The ceiling is coffered, and the male and female patterns are counterchanged diagonally.

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

His jerkin and hose were of motley, the left arm and right leg being blue, their opposites, orange tawny, while the nether socks and shoes were in like manner black and scarlet counterchanged.

From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.

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