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

Typed by Ernestine

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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