Counterfeit
['kaʊntəfɪt;-fiːt] or ['kaʊntɚ'fɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a copy that is represented as the original.
(adj.) not genuine; imitating something superior; 'counterfeit emotion'; 'counterfeit money'; 'counterfeit works of art'; 'a counterfeit prince' .
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Definition
(adv.) Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
(n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
(v. t.) To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
(v. i.) To make counterfeits.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Forge, make a spurious copy of, imitate wrongfully.[2]. Feign, simulate, sham, put on the appearance of.
a. [1]. Forged, spurious, supposititious, fraudulent.[2]. Feigned, false, simulated, sham, mock, clap-trap, spurious, put on, make-believe.
n. Forgery, fraudulent copy.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See_FALSE]
SYN:Cheat, trick, juggle, fraud, artifice, fabrication, pretense, ruse, sham
ANT:Exposure, detection, unmasking, unveiling, reality, verity, fact, truth
SYN:Simulate, misrepresent, impersonate
ANT:Expose, unmask, detect
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Definition
v.t. to imitate: to copy without authority: to forge.—n. something false or copied or that pretends to be true and original.—adj. pretended: made in imitation of: forged: false.—n. Coun′terfeiter one who counterfeits.—adv. Coun′terfeitly in a counterfeit manner: falsely.—n. Coun′ter-fes′ance (Spens.) act of counterfeiting: forgery.
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Examples
- For a moment it had a suspicious look of suicide, arranged to counterfeit accident. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Of course, there are many rich men in the empire, but their money is buried, and they dress in rags and counterfeit poverty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Did you ever see a counterfeit of timidity, Mr. Lorry? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- No Poetry and no Art ever charmed the imagination more than the union of the two in this counterfeit cottage charmed Mrs Plornish. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Counterfeit stock got into circulation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I scorn the counterfeit sentiment you offer: yes, St. John, and I scorn you when you offer it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The other would look too much like an attempt to counterfeit. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Counterfeiting a sneeze to cover their movements, Mr Wegg, with a spasmodic 'Tish-ho! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yours is the monstrous pride which counterfeits humility. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This is the real 'Deus vobiscum', said Wamba, as he passed the reverend brother; the others were but counterfeits. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yes,' replied Job; 'but these sort of things are not so easily counterfeited, Mr. Weller, and it is a more painful process to get them up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This fellow Hayes had shod his horses with shoes which counterfeited the tracks of cows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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