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coun⋅ter⋅change

[koun-ter-cheynj]
–verb (used with object), -changed, -chang⋅ing.
1. to cause to change places, qualities, etc.; interchange.
2. to diversify; checker.

Origin:
1885–90; counter- + change
coun·ter·change     (koun'tər-chānj')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   coun·ter·changed, coun·ter·chang·ing, coun·ter·chang·es
  1. To cause to change places; transpose.
  2. To make checkered; variegate.
counterchange

verb
cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" 

Counterchange

Coun`ter*change"\ (koun`t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-ch?njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging.]

1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.

2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2.

Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. --Tennyson.

Counterchange

Coun"ter*change`\ (koun"t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj`), n. Exchange; reciprocation.

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