† contra-actingadj.
Obsolete.
Acting in opposition: cf. counteract v.
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the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating against
counterworking1660
contra-acting1666
counteracting1793
counteractive1805
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1752) 73 These..have no antagonist grinders, nor contra-acting milstones.
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adj.1666- to maund abraham
- to maund it
- to mayne evil
- to meal one's mouth
- to mean business
- to mean by
- to mean it
- to mean mischief
- to mean no harm
- to mean one's complaint
- to mean one's moan
- to mean one's mood
- to mean oneself of one's mood
- to mean what one says
- to measure another person's foot by one's last
- to measure another person's foot by one's own last
- to measure back
- to measure backward
- to measure one's length
- to measure one's sword
- to measure one's sword with
- to measure other people's corn by one's own bushel
- to measure out one's length
- to measure swords
- to measure swords with