counterusing
counterusing is the present participle and gerund of counteruse.
Meaning of counteruse
Verb
counteruse (third-person singular simple present counteruses, present participle counterusing, simple past and past participle counterused)
- To use something against (someone or something).
- By the story's end, both sides are using and counterusing this technique, evading each other "to and fro along an ever increasing complexity of mutually perpendicular time axes." Indeed, the final count exceeds 75(!) time axes, making two-dimensional time look rather skimpy by comparison.1993, Paul J. Nahin, Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction, Woodbury, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, →ISBN, page 164
Questions about counterusing
- What is counterusing the present participle and gerund of?
- Counterusing is the present participle and gerund of counteruse.
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