counterchange

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French contrechange (noun), contrechanger (verb). === Verb === counterchange (third-person singular simple present counterchanges, present participle counterchanging, simple past and past participle counterchanged) To give and receive; C; to exchange. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. ==== Synonyms ==== (to cause to change places): interchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch (to checker): checker, freck (rare, poetic) === Noun === counterchange (plural counterchanges) (obsolete) An exchange of one thing for another. (obsolete) Due return (for an action etc.); reciprocation. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “counterchange”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “counterchange”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.