countervail
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countervail
- /ˈkaʊntəveɪl/ UK
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman countrevaloir (Old French contrevaloir), from Latin contrā valēre (“to be strong against”).
verb countervails · countervailing · countervailed
- 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.
- To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate. It cannot counteruaile the exchange of joy / That one ſhort minute giues me in her ſight:
- To compensate for. I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
