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Counterfeit   /kˈaʊntərfˌɪt/  /kˈaʊnərfˌɪt/   Listen
adjective
Counterfeit  adj.  
1.
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed. "Look here upon this picture, and on this- The counterfeit presentment of two brothers."
2.
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. "No counterfeit gem."
3.
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. "An arrant counterfeit rascal."
Synonyms: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.


noun
Counterfeit  n.  
1.
That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. "Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens." "Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself."
2.
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. "Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit." "Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals."
3.
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat. "I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king."


verb
Counterfeit  v. t.  (past & past part. counterfeited; pres. part. counterfeiting)  
1.
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person. "Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he."
2.
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.


Counterfeit  v. i.  
1.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend. "The knave counterfeits well; a good knave."
2.
To make counterfeits.





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"Counterfeit" Quotes from Famous Books



... word," he continued. "I have a counterfeit half dollar in my pocket, and you shall see how ...
— Poor and Proud - or The Fortunes of Katy Redburn • Oliver Optic
... Nothing is done to you for making real bank-notes. Counterfeit bank-notes, that's what. Not the sort of thing you get patted on the head for, when you are caught, no sirree! It's very strict now. I'll go to the police captain and tell him: "It's like this—just ...
— Savva and The Life of Man • Leonid Andreyev
... our purpose without accident. Just at this moment the jailer appeared in the distance; he seemed looking towards us, and at length one of our party could distinguish that he was beckoning to us. We went forward, and found him in some agitation, real or counterfeit. He muttered a word or two quite unintelligible about the man at the wicket, told us we must wait a while, and he would then see what could be done for us. We were beginning to demur, and to express the suspicions which now too seriously arose, ...
— Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers • Thomas De Quincey
... origin of this counterfeit money, Napoleon contemplated it with extreme repugnance; it is even unknown whether he resolved on making any use of it; at least, it is certain that during the period of our retreat, and when we abandoned Wilna, the greater part of these bills were found there ...
— History of the Expedition to Russia - Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 • Count Philip de Segur
... energetic study should accomplish much more? In this department the Government had afforded Mr. Sidney great facilities, till at last he would take the letters dropped during the night in the post-office of a great city, and as rapidly as a skilful cashier could detect a counterfeit in counting bank-bills, and with unerring certainty, he would throw out those suspiciously superscribed. "In each of these nine," he would say, "there is no letter, but money only. This parcel is from the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various


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