counterwork
English
Etymology
Verb
counterwork (third-person singular simple present counterworks, present participle counterworking, simple past and past participle counterworked)
- (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)
References
- “counterwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.