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countervening

countervening is the present participle and gerund of countervene.

Meaning of countervene

Verb

countervene (third-person singular simple present countervenes, present participle countervening, simple past and past participle countervened)

  1. Synonym of contravene.
    Synonyms:
    contravene

Questions about countervening

What is countervening the present participle and gerund of?
Countervening is the present participle and gerund of countervene.

Words near countervening in the dictionary

  1. countervaluing
  2. countervene
  3. countervened
  4. countervenes
  5. countervengeance
  6. countervening
  7. countervenom
  8. countervenoms
  9. counterview
  10. counterviewpoint
  11. counterviewpoints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countervening (page history and authors); countervene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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