† counterˈchangeable, a. Obs.
[f. prec. + -able.]
Liable to or characterized by counterchange, reciprocation, alternation, or transposition. Hence counterˈchangeableness, counterˈchangeably adv.
| 1605 Camden Rem. 172 And counterchangeably writte in the Argent, Ater, and in the Sables, Albvs. 1618 T. Gainsford P. Warbeck in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 69 Subject to the..mutability of the world, counterchangeableness of times, and inconstancy of people. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. Roll Battel Abbey 171 Then England and France may be said to have born counterchangeably each others Natives. 1671 Grew Anat. Plants i. v. §4 The Empalement..consisting of several pieces; yet those in divers Rounds, and all with a counterchangeable respect to each other. |