countervail

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman countrevaloir ( = Old French contrevaloir), from Latin contrā valēre (“to be worth against”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntəveɪl/

Verb

countervail (third-person singular simple present countervails, present participle countervailing, simple past and past participle countervailed)

1. (obsolete) To have the same value as.
2. To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
3. To compensate for.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
     , I.38:

     I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.

   • L'Estrange

     Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.

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