Countercurrent

[Lat. contra, and current.] A current in an opposite direction. -a. Running in an opposite direction. Counter-deed, n . ( Law .) A secret writing, either before a notary or under a private seal, which destroys, invalidates, or alters a public one. Counter-drain, n. ( Agric.) A drain placed on a parallel with a water-course. Counter-draw, v . a . , ( imp . COUNTERDREW; pp . COUNTERDRAWN.) To copy, trace, or design by means of oiled paper, or other transparent surface. Counter-ev'idence, n . [Lat, contra , and evidence .] Opposite evidence; evidence or testimony which opposes other evidence. IMG:content-0394.png:[blocks in formation] Counterfeit, ( koun'terf it ,) v. a. [Fr. con trefa it , pp. of contrefaire; Lat. contra , and facio , to make.] To make or force in opposition to the reality, or to that which is original or genuine; as, to counterfeit a show of morality. "What art thou, That counterfeits the person of a king." - Shaks. -To copy; to feign; to imitate; to copy or imitate without authority, and with a view to defraud; as, to coun terfe it a signature. -a. Imitated; copied; having a resemblance to. "To counterfeit, is to put on the likene and appearance of some excellency." - Til lots on. -Fabricated without right; made in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud; forged; fictitious; IMG:content-0395.png:[blocks in formation] "Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit ." - Shaks. Counterfeiter, n. One who counterfeits; a forger; a pretender; a falsifier; one who a umes a position he is not entitled to. Counterfeitly, adv. Falsely; fictitiously; by the aid of forgery. Counter-ferment, n. Ferment opposed to ferment.