counter+ (kounter)

[ Gaffray cam faste contring the Geaunt then, As moc he and as faste as hys courser myght ren. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3030. II. in trans. To come into collision; encoun ter. With the erle of Kent the i count red at Medeweie. Langtoft, Chron. (ed. Hearne), p. 38. counter4+ (koun'tėr), n. [By apheresis for en counter.] A meeting; an encounter. Kindly counter under Mimick shade. Spenser, Tears of the Muses, 1. 207. counter-. [ counter- , countre- , contra- : see counter3 and contra- .] A prefix of Latin origin, being a doublet of contra- , and appearing in words of Middle English origin, or in later words formed on the analogy of such. Considered merely as an English prefix, counter- is to be referred to counter3 , adv . , or counters, a. See counter3 .