That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…
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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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To bend or curve
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Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate,…
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
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To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.
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To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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Tending to counteract.
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Tending to counteract.
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The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
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The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
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To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
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To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
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An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
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To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to co…
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To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
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To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to u…
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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