counterchange

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: coun=ter=change

CIDE DICTIONARY

counterchange, v. t. 

•  To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.  [1913 Webster]
•  To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2.  [1913 Webster]

  "Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor
  Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright."  [1913 Webster]

counterchange, n. 

 Exchange; reciprocation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

counterchange, v.
1 tr. change (places or parts); interchange.
2 tr. literary chequer, esp. with contrasting colours etc.
3 intr. change places or parts.

Etymology

F contrechanger (as COUNTER-, CHANGE)

ROGET THESAURUS

counterchange

Correlation

VB reciprocate, alternate, interchange, exchange, counterchange.

Interchange

VB interchange, exchange, counterchange, bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute, give and take, return the compliment, play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock, retaliate, requite, rearrange, recombine.