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noun

Countercheck n.

A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.

Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check. "The system of checks and counterchecks."

verb

Countercheck v. t. (past & past part. counterchecked; pres. part. counterchecking) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Etymology of 'Countercheck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Countercheck" Quotes from Famous Books

... let her there provide her mourning weeds And mourn for ever her own widow-hood. Ne'er shall she come within our palace gate, To countercheck brave Locrine in his love. Go, boy, to Devrolitum, down the Lee, Unto the arch where lovely Estrild lies. Bring her and Sabren straight unto the court; She shall be queen in Gwendoline's room. Let others wail for Corineius' ...

— 2. Mucedorus • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]