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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterpoint \Coun"ter*point'\ (koun"t?r-point'), noun [Counter- + point.] An opposite point [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterpoint \Coun"ter*point'\, noun [F. contrepoint; cf. It. contrappunto. Cf. {Contrapuntal}.] (Mus.) (a) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given {canto fermo} or melody. (b) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. (c) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See {Polyphony}.
Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. --Whewell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterpoint \Coun"ter*point'\, noun [OF. contrepoincte, corruption of earlier counstepointe, countepointe, F. courtepointe, fr. L. culcita cushion, mattress (see {Quilt}, and cf. {Cushion}) + puncta, fem. p. p. of pungere to prick (see {Point}). The word properly meant a stitched quilt, with the colors broken one into another.] A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st {Counterpane}.
Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. --Sir T. North.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
counterpoint
noun: a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
verb
1: to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" [syn: {contrast}]
2: write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterpoint": Alexandrine, Ambrosian chant, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antispast, antithesis, antonym, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, contra, contrapunto, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, cretic, dactyl, dactylic hexameter, diaeresis, dimeter, dipody, dochmiac, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, emphasis, epitrite, false music, faux-bourdon, feminine caesura, foil, foot, heptameter, heptapody, heroic couplet, hexameter, hexapody, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, ictus, inverse, ionic, jingle, lilt, masculine caesura, measure, meter, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical group, metrical unit, metron, molossus, mora, movement, musica ficta, numbers, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, paeon, pentameter, pentapody, period, polyphonism, polyphony, proceleusmatic, pyrrhic, quantity, reverse, rhythm, setoff, spondee, sprung rhythm, stress, swing, syzygy, tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme, the contrary, the other side, thesis, tribrach, trimeter, tripody, triseme, trochee, vis-a-vis
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