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countervail

[kaun-ter-vayl] / ˌkaʊn tərˈveɪl /


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We depend on our memory to record, to learn and to recall, and we depend on forgetting to countervail, to sculpt and to squelch our memories.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

And for years, the company’s actions and public statements have borne the imprint of Musk’s whims, with no moderating force to countervail them.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2018

And I will bring to you them that shall mightily and to the hilt against all countervail and denial prove that Privy Seal is a false and damnable traitor to thee and this goodly realm.

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford

Come what sorrow may, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives me in her sight.

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

What censures, then, can I have in reserve to countervail such praises?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton




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