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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Counterpart \Coun"ter*part`\ (koun"t?r-p?rt`), n. 1. A part corresponding to another part anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile. In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be as it were copies or counterparts one of another. --Sir M. Hale. 2. (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate. 3. A person who closely resembles another. 4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence a thing which is adapted to another thing or which supplements it that which serves to complete or complement anything hence a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: counterpart n 1: a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another [syn: {opposite number}, {vis-a-vis}] 2: a duplicate copy [syn: {similitude}, {twin}]
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