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

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

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

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

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

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

The whole conversation becomes a dance of change and counterchange of place.

From The Colour of Life; and other essays on things seen and heard by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson