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Definition of Counteracts
1. counteract [v] - See also: counteract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counteracts
Literary usage of Counteracts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Though she still "counteracts the machinations of the heretics to the best of
her power . . . there is no mistaking the imminent danger of her position". ..."
2. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"Sensible effects of betel-chewing ; its narcotic effects; counteracts opium.
— Constituents of the betel-nut; its astringent principle. ..."
3. The Soul in Nature: With Supplementary Contributions by Hans Christian Ørsted, Leonard Horner, Joanna B. Horner (1852)
"How Science counteracts Superstition. IT appears that most people attribute the
most important effect which science exercises in the extirpation of ..."
4. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa: Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson (1820)
"... Countries counteracts the Propagation of Christianity, and casts a Contempt
upon Christians themselves.— The Cause of it.— The Conversion of Africa ..."
5. The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen (1906)
"them counteracts the tendencyto slip backwards. If the gradient be steep, various
devices may be employed, the most effectual and characteristic being that ..."
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