counteract (kounterakt)

t. [ "Alas!" continued my father, "as the greatest evil has befall'n him, I must counteract and undo it with the greatest good." 1302 against whom an appeal has been taken by an adversary, and who in turn takes an appeal against the adversary. Of the counter - appellants of 1397, Nottingham and Wilts hire were dead; the rest were waiting with anxious hearts to know whether Henry would sacrifice or save them. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 303. In Whom Cuddye doth counterbuff with a byting and bitter prover be Spenser, Shep. Cal., February, Embleme. counterbuff (koun'ter-buf), n. A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or causes a recoil. It shall rest Till I conclude it with a counterbuff Given to these noble rascals. Chapman, All Fools, iv. 1. IMG:content-1434.png:[graphic] Where they give the Romanist one buffe, they receive two counterbuffs. Milton, Prelatical Episcopaсу. counter-approach (koun'tėr-a-prōch"), n. fort., a work consisting of lines and trenches pushed forward from their most advanced works by the besieged in order to attack the works of the besiegers or to hinder their approaches. Line of counter-approach, a trench which the besieged make from their covered way to the counter-carte (koun'tėr-kärt), n. In fencing, right and left of the attacks in order to scour the enemy's works.