Counterfeit

Definition of Counterfeit

Coun´ter`feit Pronunciation: koun´t?r-f?t

a.	1.
	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. - Shak.
	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.
	3.	Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
n.	1.	That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens. - Shak. Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself. - Spenser.
	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. - Shak. Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. - Macaulay.
	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. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person. [imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting.] Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. - Goldsmith.
	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.
v. i.	1.	To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend. The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. - Shak.
	2.	To make counterfeits.

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