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countervail

verb
/ˈkaʊntəveɪl/UK

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman countrevaloir (Old French contrevaloir), from Latin contrā valēre (“to be strong against”).

  1. derived from contrā valēre
  2. derived from countrevaloir

Definitions

  1. To have the same value or number as.

  2. To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.

    • It cannot counteruaile the exchange of joy / That one ſhort minute giues me in her ſight:
    • […] should I find thine ear closed and thy heart hardened, what hope for myself could countervail the despair for thee?

  3. To compensate for.

    • I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
    • countervail a very confiderable Advantage to all Men of Letters
    • If [Wilfred] Owen preserves his youthful romanticism, or at least a shell of it, he uses it to countervail the horrifying scenes he describes, just as he poses his own youth against the age-old spectacle of men dying in pain and futility.

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Derived

countervailability, countervailable, countervailance, countervailingly, uncountervailed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA