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
Other Word Forms
- counter-worker noun
- counterworker noun
Etymology
Origin of counterwork
Example Sentences
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If men are to work together for their common welfare they must be truly in touch with one another; otherwise there is a spy at their councils, an incalculable force that may counterwork their plans.
From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton
Let it be to abjure thy malice; to counterwork this hellish stratagem; to turn from me and from my brother, this desolating rage!
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden
On the 10th October, 1688, William issued an address, dated at the Hague, and another from the same place, dated 24th October, intended to counterwork James's retractations.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
The cardinal's disappointment strongly inclined him to counterwork the amorous projects of his rival.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
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
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