Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COUN-TER-IN'FLU-EN-CED, pp.

Hindered by opposing influence.

COUN-TER-IN'FLU-EN-CING, ppr.

Opposing by opposing influence.

COUN'TER-LIGHT, n. [counter and light.]

A light opposite to any thing, which makes it appear to disadvantage. – Chambers.

COUN'TER-MAND, n.

A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. – Shak.

COUN-TER-MAND', v.t. [Fr. contremander; contre and mander, L. mando, to command.]

1. To revoke a former command; or to give an order contrary to one before given, which annuls a former command and forbids its execution; as, to countermand orders.
2. To oppose; to contradict the orders of another. – Hooker.
3. To prohibit. [Little used.] – Harvey.

COUN-TER-MAND'ED, pp.

Revoked; annulled, as an order.

COUN-TER-MAND'ING, ppr.

Revoking a former order; giving directions contrary to a former command.

COUN'TER-MARCH, n.

1. A marching back; returning. – Collier.
2. A change of the wings or face of a battalion, so as to bring the right to the left or the front into the rear. – Cyc.
3. A change of measures; alteration of conduct. – Burnet.

COUN-TER-MARCH', v.i. [counter and march.]

To march back.

COUN'TER-MARCH-ED, pp.

Marched back.

COUN'TER-MARCH-ING, ppr.

Marching back.

COUN'TER-MARK, n. [counter and mark.]

1. A second or third mark put on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants, that it may not be opened, but in the presence of all the owners.
2. The mark of the goldsmiths' company, to show the metal to be standard, added to that of the artificer.
3. An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses, that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
4. A mark added to a medal, a long time after it has been struck, by which its several changes of value may be known. – Chambers.

COUN-TER-MARK', v.t.

To mark the corner teeth of a horse by an artificial cavity, to disguise his age. – Farrier's Dict.

COUN'TER-MINE, n. [counter and mine.]

1. In military affairs, a well and gallery sunk in the earth and running under ground, in search of the enemy's mine, or till it meets it to defeat its effect. – Military Dict.
2. Means of opposition or counteraction. – Sidney.
3. A stratagem or project to frustrate any contrivance. – L'Estrange.

COUN-TER-MINE', v.t.

1. To sink a well and gallery in the earth, in search of an enemy's mine, to frustrate his designs.
2. To counterwork; to frustrate by secret and opposite measures.

COUN'TER-MIN-ED, pp.

Counterworked.

COUN'TER-MIN-ING, ppr.

Sinking a mine to frustrate another mine.

COUN'TER-MO-TION, n. [counter and motion.]

An opposite motion; a motion counteracting another. – Digby. Collier.

COUN'TER-MO-TIVE, n.

An opposite motive.

COUN'TER-MOVE-MENT, n.

A movement in opposition to another.

COUN'TER-MURE, n. [Fr. contremur; contre and mur, L. murus, a wall.]

A wall raised behind another, to supply its place, when a breach is made.

COUN'TER-MURE, v.t.

To fortify with a wall behind another.

COUN'TER-MUR-ED, pp.

Fortified by a wall behind another.

COUN'TER-MUR-ING, ppr.

Fortifying by a wall behind another.

COUN'TER-NAT-U-RAL, a. [counter and natural.]

Contrary to nature. – Harvey.