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coun·ter·feit     (koun'tər-fĭt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   coun·ter·feit·ed, coun·ter·feit·ing, coun·ter·feits

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

v.   intr.
  1. To carry on a deception; dissemble.
  2. To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.

adj.  
  1. Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud: a counterfeit dollar bill.
  2. 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.
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