[n. of action f. as prec.; see also COUNTER- 6, 9.]
† 1. Opposition, CONTRAPOSITION. Obs.
1594. Carew, Huarte’s Exam. Wits (1616), 117. The much cold of the countrey calleth backe the naturall heat inward by counterposition.
2. The opposite or contrary position. [COUNTER- 9.]
1861. F. Hall, in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 4. To substantiate the counter-position to that which I take.
