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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

According to his purpose; therefore blest Doubtlesse they be, his knowledg that obtain, No Losse may countervail their blessed Gain.

From Divine Songs and Meditacions (1653) by Anne Collins

Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend, and his excellence is invaluable.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore

The crown, th’ unfading crown, her soul inspires: ’Tis that, and that alone, can countervail The body’s treacheries, and the world’s assaults: On earth’s poor pay our famish’d virtue dies.

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




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