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countervail

Meaning of “countervail”

To counterbalance, compensate for, make good, or equal the value of a loss or damage.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Esther 7:4

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 7:4 · retained source text

For we are sold, I, and my people, to be destroyed, to be slaine, and to perish: but if we had bene sold for bondmen, and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not counteruaile the kings dammage.

1611 marginal noteHebr. that they should destroy and kil, and cause to perish.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To counterbalance; to compensate for.

printed p. 263; PDF p. 283; Internet Archive leaf n282