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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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