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countertime en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌtaɪm/

Etymology

From counter- + time. Compare contretemps.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Opposition; resistance.
   • Let cheerfulneſs on happy Fortune wait, / And give not thus the Counter-time to Fate. 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act IV, page 56:
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.

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