counterobject

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English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ object.

Pronunciation

Verb

counterobject (third-person singular simple present counterobjects, present participle counterobjecting, simple past and past participle counterobjected)

  1. (intransitive) To make an objection against another objection.
    • 2003, Lee Siegel, Love and Other Games of Chance: A Novelty, New York, NY: Penguin Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 165:
      When Melech objected, noting that Lingnath, and not the British widow, was on trial, Menachem counterobjected to remind the court that the district superintendent of police, having discovered during his investigation a ruby ring formerly belonging to Mrs. Sassoon in Lingnath's Mayapur home, had with good reason suspected that Mrs. Sassoon had hired the snake charmer to kill her husband.