counterwork
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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work done in opposition to other work
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defensive fortifications put up against attack
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That gift makes anything believable, reasonable, possible, rather than that He should spare not His own Son, and then should counterwork His own act by sending the world anything but good.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander
Grote wrote his history of Greece to counterwork the party bias of Mitford.
From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander
I proceeded to the house of the chief magistrate the instant I arrived, that I might give no time to my adversary to counterwork my proceeding.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
How shall I counterwork his plots, or detect his coadjutor?
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden
To detect and to counterwork this plot was obviously my duty.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
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