countercheck

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COUNTERCHECK, verb transitive [counter and check.] To oppose or stop by some obstacle; to check. COUNTERCHECK, noun Check; stop; rebuke; or a censure to check a reprover.
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