Definition for

counterfeit

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– To make a semblance of; make or be a copy of; copy; imitate; resemble; be like.

– Specifically, to make a copy of without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy as original or genuine; forge: as, to counterfeit coin, bank-notes, a seal, a bond, a deed or other instrument in writing, the handwriting or signature of another, etc.

– To feign; make a pretense of; simulate; pretend; put on a semblance of: as, to counterfeit piety.

– To make in imitation, or as a counterpart of something else.

– To feign or pretend to be (what one is not).

– Synonyms Mimic, Ape, etc. (see imitate), forge, simulate, sham, feign.

– To feign; dissemble; carry on a fiction or deception.

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