countersway
verbEtymology From counter- + sway.
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Rare To sway in the opposite direction, or (figurative) to hae opposing influence.
- The Kop[…]sways and countersways to the music2011, Stephen F. Kelly, The Kop: Liverpool's Twelfth Man:
countersway
nounEtymology From counter- + sway.
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Obsolete A swaying in a contrary direction, or an opposing influence.
- a countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC: