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countersue

countersue verb: to sue a person or entity who is suing one.

Verb

countersue (third-person singular simple present countersues, present participle countersuing, simple past and past participle countersued)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To sue a person or entity who is suing one.
    • Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel.2014, Eric L. Haralson, Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, page 497

Forms of countersue

third-person singular presentcountersues
present participlecountersuing
past participlecountersued
pastcountersued

Origin of countersue

From counter- + sue.

Questions about countersue

What does countersue mean?
Countersue means to sue a person or entity who is suing one.
What part of speech is countersue?
Countersue is a verb.
What is the past tense of countersue?
The past tense of countersue is countersued.

Words near countersue in the dictionary

  1. countersubject
  2. countersubjects
  3. countersubversion
  4. countersubversive
  5. countersubversives
  6. countersue
  7. countersued
  8. countersues
  9. countersuggestion
  10. countersuggestions
  11. countersuing

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