counterchange

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb).

Verb

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

  1. To give and receive; C; to exchange.
  2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging.

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Noun

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counterchange (plural counterchanges)

  1. (obsolete) An exchange of one thing for another.
  2. (obsolete) Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation.

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