countercheck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a check that restrains another check
  2. noun something that checks the correctness of a previous check
    double check.
  3. verb oppose or check by a counteraction
    counteract.
  4. verb check a second time

WordNet

Coun`ter*check" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Counterchecked present participle & verbal noun Counterchecking
Definitions
  1. To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Coun"ter*check` noun
Definitions
  1. A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
  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.

Webster 1913