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Webster 1913 Edition


Counterview

Coun′ter-viewˊ

(koun′t?r-v?ˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.
Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin,
In
counterview
.
Milton
M. Peisse has ably advocated the
counterview
in his preface and appendix.
Sir W. Hamilton.
2.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
I have drawn some lines of Linger’s character, on purpose to place it in
counterview
, or contrast with that of the other company.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Counterview

COUNTERVIEW

,
Noun.
[counter and view.]
1.
An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.
2.
Contrast; a position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition.