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

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

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

When tempered with flint or quartz sand to a uniform degree, they offer a splendid opportunity for counterchange pattern.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

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

From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson

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

His fancy is counterchanged between jest and earnest, and the earnest lies always in the jest, and the jest in the earnest.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

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)

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

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

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 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

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