Bible Dictionaries
Countervail
King James Dictionary
COUNTERVAIL, counter and L., to avail or be strong. To act against with equal force, or power to equal to act with equivalent effect against any thing to balance to compensate.
The profit will hardly countervail the inconveniences.
Although the enemy could not countervail the kings damage. Esther 7 .
COUNTERVAIL, n. Equal weight or strength power or value sufficient to obviate any effect equal weight or value compensation requital.
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Entry for 'Countervail'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/countervail.html.