Counterfeit

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1. Adverb

Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

2. Adverb

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. Adverb

Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.

4. Noun

That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

5. Noun

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.

6. Noun

One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

7. Verb

To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.

8. Verb

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.

9. Verb

To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

10. Verb

To make counterfeits.
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