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Counterfeit

//ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. not-comparable

    "This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it."

  2. 2
    Inauthentic. not-comparable

    "counterfeit sympathy"

  3. 3
    Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. not-comparable

    "an arrant counterfeit rascal"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not genuine; imitating something superior wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A non-genuine article; a fake.

    "Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit."

  2. 2
    a copy that is represented as the original wordnet
  3. 3
    One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
  4. 4
    That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. obsolete

    "Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens."

  5. 5
    An impostor; a cheat. obsolete

    "I fear thou art another counterfeit; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king."

Verb
  1. 1
    To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of. transitive

    "to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc."

  2. 2
    make a copy of with the intent to deceive wordnet
  3. 3
    To produce a faithful copy of. obsolete, transitive

    "The title page of White's original album includes a descriptive title page that identifies the contents as “the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth,""

  4. 4
    To feign; to mimic. obsolete, transitive

    "to counterfeit the voice of another person"

  5. 5
    Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

Etymology 2

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

Etymology 3

From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum.

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