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countertimes

countertimes is the plural of countertime.

Meaning of countertime

Noun

countertime (countable and uncountable, plural countertimes)

  1. (obsolete) Opposition; resistance.
    • Let cheerfulneſs on happy Fortune wait, / And give not thus the Counter-time to Fate.1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act IV, page 56
  2. (obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.

Questions about countertimes

What is countertimes the plural of?
Countertimes is the plural of countertime.

Words near countertimes in the dictionary

  1. counterthrust
  2. counterthrusts
  3. countertide
  4. countertides
  5. countertime
  6. countertimes
  7. countertomy
  8. countertop
  9. countertop oven
  10. countertop ovens
  11. countertopped

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