v. Also 8 -proove. [COUNTER- 1; cf. also COUNTERPROOF.]
† 1. trans. To bring proof contrary to; to disprove. Obs.
1679. Trials of Green, Berry, etc. 51. The woman was willing … to have counterproved the Evidence.
2. To take a counter-proof of; see COUNTERPROOF 2.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Counter-proof, To counterprove is also to pass a design in black lead, or red chalk, through the press, after having moistened with a sponge … the paper on which the counter-proof is to be taken.
