counterwork

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It removed one of the two influences which had protected Constantine and enabled him to counterwork Entente policy and strategy in the Near East.

From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Would’st thou receive them, other thoughts there are, On angel-wing, descending from above, 1001 Which these, with art divine, would counterwork, And form celestial armour for thy peace.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

His case, he feared, was too sure to prove a sorrowful one, for he knew not how to counterwork their malevolence.

From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas

Sloth and superstition equally counterwork providence, and render the bounty of heaven of no effect.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

Let it be to abjure thy malice; to counterwork this hellish stratagem; to turn from me and from my brother, this desolating rage!

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden