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counterchanging

counterchanging is the present participle and gerund of counterchange.

Meaning of counterchange

Verb

counterchange (third-person singular simple present counterchanges, present participle counterchanging, simple past and past participle counterchanged)

  1. To give and receive; C; to exchange.
  2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.
    • Witch-elms that counterchange the floor / Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright.1849, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H., canto 89, lines 1781–1782

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Questions about counterchanging

What is counterchanging the present participle and gerund of?
Counterchanging is the present participle and gerund of counterchange.

Words near counterchanging in the dictionary

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

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