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Counterfeit - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Counterfeit : adj : not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit
emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of
art"; "a counterfeit prince" [syn: imitative] [ant: genuine]
(noun)
1: a copy that is represented as the original [syn: imitation,
forgery]
(verb)
1: 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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Counterfeit : \Coun"ter*feit\ (koun"t?r-f?t), a. [F. contrefait,
p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) _
faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Counterfeit : \Coun"ter*feit\, v. t. [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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Counterfeit : \Coun"ter*feit\, n.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Counterfeit : \Coun"ter*feit\, v. i.
1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to
pretend.
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. --Shak.
2. To make counterfeits.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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