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coun⋅ter⋅feit
[koun-ter-fit] 
–adjective
| 1. | made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills. |
| 2. | pretended; unreal: counterfeit grief. |
–noun
| 3. | an imitation intended to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forgery. |
| 4. | Archaic. a copy. |
| 5. | Archaic. a close likeness; portrait. |
| 6. | Obsolete. impostor; pretender. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to make a counterfeit of; imitate fraudulently; forge. |
| 8. | to resemble. |
| 9. | to simulate. |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to make counterfeits, as of money. |
| 11. | to feign; dissemble. |
Origin:
1250–1300; (adj.) ME countrefet false, forged < AF cuntrefet, OF contrefait, ptp. of conterfere to copy, imitate, equiv. to conter- counter- + fere to make, do ≪ L facere (see fact ); (v.) ME countrefeten, v. deriv. of countrefet
1250–1300; (adj.) ME countrefet false, forged < AF cuntrefet, OF contrefait, ptp. of conterfere to copy, imitate, equiv. to conter- counter- + fere to make, do ≪ L facere (see fact ); (v.) ME countrefeten, v. deriv. of countrefet
Related forms:
coun⋅ter⋅feit⋅er, noun
coun⋅ter⋅feit⋅ly, adverb
coun⋅ter⋅feit⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify.
1. spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify.
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| coun·ter·feit (koun'tər-fĭt') v. coun·ter·feit·ed, coun·ter·feit·ing, coun·ter·feits v. tr.
[Middle English countrefeten, from contrefet, made in imitation, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, to counterfeit : contre-, counter- + faire, to make (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).] coun'ter·feit'er n. |
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Counterfeiter
Coun"ter*feit`er\ (-f?t`?r), n. 1. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. --Camden. 2. One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. Counterfeiters of devotion. --Sherwood.
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