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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Countercheck

/(koun`t?r-ch?k")/ · Coun·ter·check · IPA
01 v. t. To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
imp. & p. p. Counterchecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchecking
  1. 1.
    To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
02 n. A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
  1. 1.
    A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
  2. 2.
    Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
    “The system of checks and counterchecks.” — J. H. Newton.