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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\ (koun"t?r-f?t), adjective [F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See {Counter}, adverb, and {Fact}.]
1. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
Look here upon this picture, and on this The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. --Shak.
2. Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin. ''No counterfeit gem.'' --Robinson (More's Utopia).
3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. ''An arrant counterfeit rascal.'' --Shak.
Syn: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, noun
1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens. --Shak.
Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself. --Spenser.
2. That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. --Shak.
Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. --Macaulay.
3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, verb (used without an object)
1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. --Shak.
2. To make counterfeits.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Counterfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterfeiting}.]
1. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. --Goldsmith.
2. To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
counterfeit
adjective: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" [syn: {imitative}] [ant: {genuine}]
noun: a copy that is represented as the original [syn: {imitation}, {forgery}]
verb: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" [syn: {forge}, {fake}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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