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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERCHANGE, n. [counter and change.] Exchange; reciprocation.
COUNTERCHANGE, v.t. To give and receive; or to cause to change places.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose, interchange]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: circa 1604 1. interchange, transpose 2. checker 1a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. change (places or parts); interchange. 2 tr. literary chequer, esp. with contrasting colours etc. 3 intr. change places or parts. Etymology: F contrechanger (as COUNTER-, CHANGE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.