Part 2496

<blockquote>A <b>countersway</b> of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Counter tenor</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter ten`or</hw> <tt>(t?n`?r)</tt>. <ety>[OF. <ets>contreteneur</ets>. Cf. <er>Contratenor</er>, and see <er>Tenor</er> a part in music.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.</def>

<cs><col>Counter-tenor clef</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called <altname>alto clef</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Counterterm</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*term`</hw> <tt>(-t?rm`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of <i>synonym</i>; <as>as, "foe" is the <ex>counterterm</ex> of "friend"</as>.</def>

<i>C. J. Smith.</i>

<h1>Countertime</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*time`</hw> <tt>(-t?m`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resistance; opposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Give not shus the <b>countertime</b> to fate. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countertrippant</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*trip`pant</hw> <tt>(-tr?p`p<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Trippant in opposite directions. See <er>Trippant</er>.</def>

<h1>Countertripping</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*trip`ping</hw> <tt>(-tr?p`p?ng)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Countertrippant</er>.</def>

<h1>Counterturn</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*turn`</hw> <tt>(-t<?/rn`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Countervail</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*vail"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-v?l")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Countervailed</er> <tt>(-v?ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Countervailing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>contrevaloir</ets>; <ets>contre</ets> (L. <ets>contra</ets>) + <ets>valoir</ets> to avail, fr. L. <ets>valere</ets> to be strong, avail. See <er>Vallant</er>.]</ety> <def>To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.</def>

<blockquote>Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly <b>countervail</b> the inconveniences that go allong with it. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countervail</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*vail`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-v?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Surely, the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor <b>countervail</b> for the bitterness of the review. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countervallation</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`ter*val*la"tion</hw> <tt>(-v?l-l?"s??n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>See <er>Contravallation</er>.</def>

<h1>Counterview</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ter*view`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-v?`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.</def>