counteract Copy link Outline 1. rĕnītor, nīsus, and nixus, 3 (with dat.)2. occurro, obsisto (in fig. sense)3. mĕdeor, 2 (with dat.) • counteract: 1. rĕnītor, nīsus, and nixus, 3 (with dat.): the one motion c.s the other, alter motus alteri r., Plin. 2, 82, 84: simly., alterno pulsu r., ib. 2. occurro, obsisto (in fig. sense): v. thwart, resist. Join: occurrere atque obsistere (consiliis), Cic. 3. mĕdeor, 2 (with dat.): to c. an evil, malo m., Cic. (cf. Nep. Pelop. 1. "itaque utrique rei medebor quantum potero, et occurram quum satietati tum ignorantiae lectorum"): v. to remedy. Phr.: "to c. medicines and nourish disease," *medicamentis obficere et morbum alere: the one tried to c. the other, *alter alteri adversari atque in contrariam partem tendere.