Word Meanings - COUNTERFORCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An opposing force.
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- FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak. - OPPOSABILITY
The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace. - OPPOSITIONIST
One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed. - OPPOSITIVE
Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall. - OPPOSELESS
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak. - FORCEPS
The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing. (more info) 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies - OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle. - FORCEFUL
Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden. - FORCEMENT
The act of forcing; compulsion. It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster. - OPPOSABLE
1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger. - FORCED
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. Forced draught. See under Draught. -- Forced march , a march of one or more - OPPOSE
1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance - OPPOSITISEPALOUS
Placed in front of a sepal. - OPPOSITION
The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180º; -- signified by the symbol - FORCELESS
Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak. - OPPOSITENESS
The quality or state of being opposite. - OPPOSITELY
In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May. - FORCE PUMP
A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, - OPPOSITE
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange. 2. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite - OPPOSER
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary. - REINFORCEMENT
See REëNFORCEMENT - DEFORCEOR
See DEFORCIANT - DEFORCE
To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill. - REENFORCE
To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. - OVERFORCE
Excessive force; violence. - AFFORCE
To reënforce; to strengthen. Hallam. - REENFORCEMENT
1. The act of reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced. 2. That which reënforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet. - ENFORCED
Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak. - REENFORCED CONCRETE
Concrete having within its mass a system of strengthening iron or steel supports. = Ferro-concrete.