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facsimile

[ fak-sim-uh-lee ]

noun

  1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.

    Synonyms: duplicate, likeness, replica

  2. Also called fax. Telecommunications.
    1. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
    2. an image transmitted by such a method.


verb (used with object)

, fac·sim·i·led, fac·sim·i·le·ing.
  1. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.

    Synonyms: duplicate

adjective

  1. Also Telecommunications.
    1. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile:

      facsimile mail.

    2. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile:

      facsimile transmission.

facsimile

/ fækˈsɪmɪlɪ /

noun

    1. an exact copy or reproduction
    2. ( as modifier )

      a facsimile publication

  1. an image produced by facsimile transmission


verb

  1. tr to make an exact copy of

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Word History and Origins

Origin of facsimile1

1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere ) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; simile

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Word History and Origins

Origin of facsimile1

C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like

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Example Sentences

If he’s not smarter and more imaginative than previous facsimiles, he will fail.

You don’t have to try to turn your house or apartment into an Epcot-esque facsimile of your favorite destination—the point isn’t to actually fool yourself into thinking you’re there.

For years, LED-based substitutes were only vague facsimiles of the real deal—static teardrop bulbs atop formless plastic cylinders.

The voters should receive some rough facsimile of the agenda they voted for, as that’s what allows them to decide how to vote in future elections.

From Vox

Colbert is back filming on a facsimile of his real set, though not in his usual studio, and he’s performing for an audience that includes his most trusted producers and his family.

From Vox

A Daily Mail writer, wearing a facsimile of the dress, said it was sculpted to her body, but not restrictively so.

In the meantime, a revived Silk Road, or at least a good facsimile, materialized.

One would assume with all of these reforms, Cuba would have by now morphed into a tropical facsimile of Norway.

Then those smaller sheets are welded and polished into a full-scale facsimile of the original stone.

But she made it clear what she had liked about him; he wasn't a WASP, or some facsimile of a Kennedy.

The one given in the present volume is a photographic facsimile of the Harvard original.

After having copies of the rather simple document drawn up for the facsimile broadcasters, Vyrtl gave her leave to depart.

Father Hennepin made a sketch of the falls in 1678, a facsimile of which shows that many striking features have disappeared.

A translation of his account and a facsimile of the medal may be seen in the Bulletin de la Socit de l'hist.

In 1877 Mr. Quaritch had a copy for sale with a vi, a viii, and the last leaf in facsimile, which he priced 200.

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