Facsimile

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A copy or reproduction. countable

    "To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?"

  2. 2
    duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio wordnet
  3. 3
    Reproduction in the exact form as the original. uncountable

    "Indeed his rendering is so excellent an example of mediæval learning and latinity that, even at the risk of sating the learned reader with too many antiquities, I have made up my mind to give it in fac-simile, together with an expanded version for the benefit of those who find the contractions troublesome."

  4. 4
    an exact copy or reproduction wordnet
  5. 5
    A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The image sent by the machine itself. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To send via a facsimile machine; to fax. transitive
  2. 2
    send something via a facsimile machine wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a copy of; to reproduce. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
faxautotypefacsimile machinefaxreproductiontelefax

Example

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"Could you send me a map by facsimile?"

Etymology

From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).

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