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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Etymology
Origin of counterwork
Example Sentences
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He has set himself to counterwork the machinations of this man, who had menaced destruction to all that is dear to me, and whose cunning had surmounted every human impediment.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden
But then the text suggests to us the large Christian possessions and hope which counterwork this reluctance, in the measure in which we live lives of faith.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander
Two reigns which never have ceased and never can cease to counterwork each other, the reign of the Word and the reign of the Sword.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
At first he will be repeatedly putting more force on one hand than on another, and will have to rectify his course by counterwork with the neglected hand.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
Let it be to abjure thy malice; to counterwork this hellish stratagem; to turn from me and from my brother this desolating rage!
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian
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