What does "countermine" mean?
Countermine: A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.
Additional senses
- 2.(Mil.) To oppose by means or a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
- 3.To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
- 4.To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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