Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.