counterwork

Example Sentences

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He has set himself to counterwork the machinations of this man, who had menaced destruction to all that is dear to me, and whose cunning had surmounted every human impediment.

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

Plato tried to counterwork this mischief, but in vain.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

If men are to work together for their common welfare they must be truly in touch with one another; otherwise there is a spy at their councils, an incalculable force that may counterwork their plans.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

On the 10th October, 1688, William issued an address, dated at the Hague, and another from the same place, dated 24th October, intended to counterwork James's retractations.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

It is an operation that you can counterwork.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander