? Obs. [COUNTER- 3, 11.]
† 1. A thing matched against another; a parallel; an antithetical clause. Obs.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xxv. (1617), 415. It is spoken (say they) from one Countermatch to another.
† 2. A rival. Obs.
c. 1590. Greene, Fr. Bacon (1630), 40. Wines richer than the Gyptian Courtisan Quaft to Augustus Kingly countermatch.
† 3. Competition, rivalry. Obs.
1581. Mulcaster, Positions, xxxvii. (1887), 142. His child must renounce him in countermatch with his countrie.
4. A reciprocal match. ? Obs.
1614. Tomkis, Albumazar, I. v. You two decreed a countermatch betwixt you, And purposed to truck daughters.
