Countervail

Quick meaning: Countervail is a verb meaning To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. To compensate for.
2. (obsolete) To have the same value or number as.

Example Sentences

countervail a very confiderable Advantage to all Men of Letters

I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.

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?

Word Forms

• countervails
• countervailing
• countervailed

Synonyms for countervail

Depending on context, synonyms include offset, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include offset, counterbalance, counteract, neutralize, compensation, counter.

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