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Definition of Countercheck
1. Verb. Oppose or check by a counteraction.
2. Noun. A check that restrains another check.
3. Verb. Check a second time.
4. Noun. Something that checks the correctness of a previous check.
Definition of Countercheck
1. v. t. To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
2. n. A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
Definition of Countercheck
1. Noun. A restriction or limit ¹
2. Noun. A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one) ¹
3. Verb. To restrict or limit by counteracting ¹
4. Verb. To recheck ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countercheck
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countercheck
Literary usage of Countercheck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Adventure of Panama: Wherein are Exposed Its Relation to the Great by Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1920)
"... Canal to countercheck the Boche conspiracy to annihilate the Panama Canal.
IF I worked with all the fibres of my heart, all the cells of my brain, ..."
2. The Friendly Craft: A Collection of American Letters edited by Elizabeth Deering Hanscom (1908)
"The countercheck Quarrelsome" <2> <cv ^c* PHILADELPHIA, 5 July, 1775 MR. STRAHAN,
You are a member of Parliament, and one of that majority, which has doomed ..."
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