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counter-changed

counter-changed is the alternative form of counterchanged.

Meaning of counterchanged

Adjective

counterchanged (not comparable)

  1. Exchanged.
    • ... both sides re-engaging with exactly counterchanged fronts and positions. Again did the stern valor of the Roundheads prove irresistible : Goring was swept from the field, after a furious struggle,[…]1875, James DAVIES (of Sandringham School, Southport.), History of England, 1640-1660, page 17
  2. Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
    • If the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.

Questions about counter-changed

What is counter-changed the alternative form of?
Counter-changed is the alternative form of counterchanged.

Words near counter-changed in the dictionary

  1. counter-canters
  2. counter-cartographies
  3. counter-cartography
  4. counter-castle
  5. counter-castles
  6. counter-changed
  7. counter-charged
  8. counter-claim
  9. counter-claimed
  10. counter-claiming
  11. counter-claims

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