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counterchanged

counterchanged adjective: exchanged.

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.

Synonyms of counterchanged

Forms of counterchanged

alternative formcounter-changed

Origin of counterchanged

From counter- + changed.

Questions about counterchanged

What does counterchanged mean?
Counterchanged means exchanged.
What part of speech is counterchanged?
Counterchanged is an adjective.

Words near counterchanged in the dictionary

  1. countercause
  2. countercauses
  3. counterchallenge
  4. counterchallenges
  5. counterchange
  6. counterchanged
  7. counterchanges
  8. counterchanging
  9. countercharge
  10. countercharged
  11. countercharges

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