Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN'TER-VIEW
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COUN'TER-VIEW, n. [counter and view.]
- An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons from each other. – Milton.
- Contrast; a position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition. – Swift.
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