countervail

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To have the same value or number as.

   “Nay could their numbers counteruaile the ſtars Or [euer] driſling drops of April ſhowers, Or withered leaues that Autume ſhaketh down, Yet would the Souldane by his conquering power: So ſcatter and conſume them in his rage, That not a man ſhal liue to rue their fall.”

2. fiil To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.

   “It cannot counteruaile the exchange of joy / That one ſhort minute giues me in her ſight:”

3. fiil To compensate for.

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