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