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counterproof

British  
/ ˈkaʊntəˌpruːf /

noun

  1. printing a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Wakefield contests virtually every one of those charges, and it would take a book to encompass Deer’s allegations, Wakefield’s parries and Deer’s counterproof.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2011

The national acceptance of the laws of the Constituent Assembly was the counterproof of its work.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

Its instrument is not simply psychological analysis, but also historical analysis as a counterproof.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

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