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countersway en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + sway.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A swaying in a contrary direction, or an opposing influence.
   • a countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
countersways	Number=Plur		lexicographic

countersway en · VERB

Etymology

From counter- + sway.

Meanings

1. (rare) To sway in the opposite direction, or (figurative) to hae opposing influence.
   • The Kop[…]sways and countersways to the music 2011, Stephen F. Kelly, The Kop: Liverpool's Twelfth Man:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
counterswayed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
counterswayed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
counterswaying	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
countersways	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic