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Definitions for: Counterpart
[n] a duplicate copy
[n] a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: opposite number, similitude, twin, vis-a-vis
See Also: complement, duplicate, duplication, equivalent, match
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