Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN'TER-PROJ-ECT
COUN-TER-PRESS'URECOUN'TER-PROOF
COUN'TER-PROJ-ECT, n. [counter and project.]
A project, scheme or proposal, of one party, given in opposition to another, before given by the other party; as in the negotiation of a treaty. – Swift.
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