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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• counteract:
      1. 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. 2. occurro, obsisto (in fig. sense): v. thwart, resist. Join: occurrere atque obsistere (consiliis), Cic.
      3. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• COUNTERACT
obviam ire alicui rei; occurrere alicui rei (to take preventive measures). (The words are found in this connection and order), occurrere atque obsistere (Cic.): comprimere: reprimere: supprimere (to check it, keep it under): to counteract anybody’s designs, alicujus consiliis occurrere atque obsistere (Cic.): the factious proceedings of our enemies, factioni inimicorum resistere (Cic.): obniti: obluctari (struggle against). To counteract the symptoms of a disease, morbo opponere medicinam: Vid. RESIST, OPPOSE.