'Counterview' definitions:

Definition of 'Counterview'

From: GCIDE
  • Counterview \Coun"ter*view`\ (koun"t?r-v?`), n.
  • 1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. [1913 Webster]
  • Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. --Milton [1913 Webster]
  • M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]