Anagrams of: COUNTERPLEADED

• express strong disapproval of; deplore

• belittle

• not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• make impossible, especially beforehand

• the product of percolation

• permeate or penetrate gradually

• spread gradually

• prepare in a percolator

• cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent

• pass through

• gain or regain energy

• a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea

• not carpeted

• disconnect or separate

• regard as unconnected

• eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)

• reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)

• (of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside