COUNTERCHANGE

counterchange, transpose, interchange

(verb) cause to change places; “interchange this screw for one of a smaller size”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

counterchange (third-person singular simple present counterchanges, present participle counterchanging, simple past and past participle counterchanged)

To give and receive; C; to exchange.

To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.

Synonyms

• (to cause to change places): interchange, swap; See also switch

• (to checker): checker, freck (rare)

Noun

counterchange (plural counterchanges)

(obsolete) An exchange of one thing for another.

(obsolete) Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation.

Source: Wiktionary


Coun`ter*change" (koun`tr-chnj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-chnjd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging.]

1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.

2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.

Coun"ter*change` (koun"tr-chnj`), n.

Definition: Exchange; reciprocation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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