counterfeit

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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

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.

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coun·ter·feit (koun'tər-fĭt')

v. coun·ter·feit·ed, coun·ter·feit·ing, coun·ter·feits

v. tr.

To make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge: counterfeits money.
To make a pretense of; feign: counterfeited interest in the story.

v. intr.

To carry on a deception; dissemble.
To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.

adj.

Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud: a counterfeit dollar bill.
Simulated; feigned: a counterfeit illness.

n. A fraudulent imitation or facsimile.

[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.

Word Origin & History

counterfeit (v.)

1292, from O.Fr. contrefait "imitated," pp. of contrefaire "imitate," from contre- "against" + faire "to make, to do" (from L. facere; see factitious). M.L. contrafactio meant "setting in opposition or contrast." The verb is from c.1290.

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ¹coun·ter·feit
Pronunciation: 'kaun-t&r-"fit
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire to imitate, draw, paint, from contre- counter- + faire to make
: made in imitation of a genuine article (as a document) without authorization and esp. with intent to deceive or defraud

Main Entry: ²counterfeit
Function: transitive verb
: to make an imitation of without authorization and esp. with intent to deceive or defraud counterfeits any deed —U.S. Code> —coun·ter·feit·er noun

Main Entry: ³counterfeit
Function: noun
: something counterfeit counterfeits of any coins or obligations —U.S. Code> —compare FORGERY

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