"countervail" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkaʊntəveɪl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-countervail.wav [Southern-England] Forms: countervails [present, singular, third-person], countervailing [participle, present], countervailed [participle, past], countervailed [past]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman countrevaloir (Old French contrevaloir), from Latin contrā valēre (“to be strong against”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|countrevaloir}} Anglo-Norman countrevaloir, {{cog|fro|contrevaloir}} Old French contrevaloir, {{der|en|la|contrā valēre||to be strong against}} Latin contrā valēre (“to be strong against”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=rule}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} countervail (third-person singular simple present countervails, present participle countervailing, simple past and past participle countervailed)
  1. (obsolete) To have the same value or number as. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-countervail-en-verb-ATYl5ikK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 11 4
  2. To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate. Translations (to counteract, counterbalance or neutralize): уравновесявам (uravnovesjavam) (Bulgarian), tasoittaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-countervail-en-verb-S9-nafZb Disambiguation of 'to counteract, counterbalance or neutralize': 0 93 7
  3. To compensate for. Translations (to compensate for): компенсирам (kompensiram) (Bulgarian), kompensoida (Finnish), компенсировать (kompensirovatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-countervail-en-verb-EXxPYpPz Disambiguation of 'to compensate for': 0 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: counterargue, counterexample, prevail

Inflected forms

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