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Counterfeit   /kˈaʊntərfˌɪt/  /kˈaʊnərfˌɪt/   Listen
adjective
Counterfeit  adj.  
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."
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."
3.
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. "An arrant counterfeit rascal."
Synonyms: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.


noun
Counterfeit  n.  
1.
That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. "Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens." "Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself."
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." "Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals."
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."


verb
Counterfeit  v. t.  (past & past part. counterfeited; pres. part. 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."
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.


Counterfeit  v. i.  
1.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend. "The knave counterfeits well; a good knave."
2.
To make counterfeits.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Counterfeit" Quotes from Famous Books



... that I have no such right, he Lies, and deserves the Stab. It may be that this narrative, now composed only for my own Pleasure, will, long after my Death, see the light in Print, and that some copper Captain, or counterfeit critic, or pitiful creature of that kidney, will question my Rank, or otherwise despitefully use my Memory. Let such treachours and clapper-dudgeons (albeit I value not their leasing a bagadine) venture it at their peril. I have, alas, ...
— The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 • George Augustus Sala
... natural agents now at work around us, producing results which counterfeit life, if they do not constitute it. Many substances crystallize into shapes bearing a strong resemblance to vegetable forms, as in the well known chemical experiment producing the arbor Dianae. The passage of the electric fluid leaves marks ...
— A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' • Francis Bowen
... employ, I considered it as a relaxation. Unfortunately, my master caught me at this contraband labor, and a severe beating was the consequence. He reproached me at the same time with attempting to make counterfeit money because our medals bore the arms of the Republic, though, I can truly aver, I had no conception of false money, and very little of the true, knowing better how to make a Roman As than one of our ...
— The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete • Jean Jacques Rousseau
... down to the square meal. He ate away and drank with a robust imitation of enjoyment that took in even himself at first. But the sorrowful process of his spirit went on, for all he could do. As he groped for the contentment which he saw around him he began to receive the jokes with counterfeit mirth. Memories took the place of anticipation, and through their moody shiftings he began to feel a distaste for the company of his friends and a shrinking from their lively voices. He blamed ...
— Lin McLean • Owen Wister
... could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he ...
— Deuteronomical Books of the Bible - Apocrypha • Anonymous


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