Hypertext Webster Gateway: "countercheck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Countercheck \Coun`ter*check"\ (koun`t?r-ch?k"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Counterchecked} (-ch?ckt"); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Counterchecking}.]
To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return
check.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Countercheck \Coun"ter*check`\ (koun"t?r-ch?k`), n.
1. A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
2. Any force or device designed to restrain another
restraining force; a check upon a check.
The system of checks and counterchecks. --J. H.
Newton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
countercheck
v 1: oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: {counteract}]
2: check a second time
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