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   countercheck

   /ˌkaʊntəˈtʃɛk/

   noun

   • 1. a second check for security or accuracy.
   • 2. a restraint: archaic "the evil that we suffer is often a countercheck which restrains us from greater evil"
   • 3. a sharp or incisive retort: archaic "the countercheck quarrelsome"

   verb

   • 1. stop (something) by acting to cancel or counteract it: archaic "His Majesty with his own hand wrote to countercheck his former Warrant"

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