counterwork

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ work.

Verb

counterwork (third-person singular simple present counterworks, present participle counterworking, simple past and past participle counterworked)

1. (transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
   • 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:

     But Heav'n's great view is one, that that the Whole.
     That counterworks each folly and caprice;

Noun

counterwork (plural counterworks)

1. counterattack

References

• “counterwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.