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countermeet

countermeet verb: to meet (something) in response to a thing; to counter.

Verb

countermeet (third-person singular simple present countermeets, present participle countermeeting, simple past and past participle countermet)

  1. To meet (something) in response to a thing; to counter.
    • I admire the question by which you have countermet and rebuked my own.1873, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Kenelm Chillingly: His Adventures and Opinions […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 322
    • Yes; and rent, and payments, clothing, food ; how much to plant of this or that, and where; how preserve the soil fertility, check erosion by the sudden rains, rotate the crops to best advantage, countermeet this loss or that.1933, Earnest Albert Raymond, The Super-science of Success, page 77

Forms of countermeet

third-person singular presentcountermeets
present participlecountermeeting
past participlecountermet
pastcountermet
alternative formcounter-meet

Origin of countermeet

From counter- + meet.

Questions about countermeet

What does countermeet mean?
Countermeet means to meet (something) in response to a thing; to counter.
What part of speech is countermeet?
Countermeet is a verb.
What is the past tense of countermeet?
The past tense of countermeet is countermet.

Words near countermeet in the dictionary

  1. countermarts
  2. countermeaning
  3. countermeanings
  4. countermeasure
  5. countermeasures
  6. countermeet
  7. countermeeting
  8. countermeetings
  9. countermeets
  10. countermelodic
  11. countermelodies

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