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counterworking

counterworking is the present participle and gerund of counterwork.

Meaning of counterwork

Verb

counterwork (third-person singular simple present counterworks, present participle counterworking, simple past and past participle counterworked)

  1. (transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
    • But Heav'n's great view is one, that that the Whole.
      That counterworks each folly and caprice;1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC

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Questions about counterworking

What is counterworking the present participle and gerund of?
Counterworking is the present participle and gerund of counterwork.

Words near counterworking in the dictionary

  1. counterwords
  2. counterwork
  3. counterworked
  4. counterworker
  5. counterworkers
  6. counterworking
  7. counterworks
  8. counterworld
  9. counterworlds
  10. countes
  11. countess

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