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Coun"ter*feit (koun"t?r-f?t), a. [F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and Fact.]
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1. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
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Look here upon this picture, and on this-
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Shak.
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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.” Robinson (More's Utopia).
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3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. “An arrant counterfeit rascal.” Shak.

Syn. -- Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.
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Coun"ter*feit, n. 1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
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Thou drawest a counterfeit
Best in all Athens. Shak.
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Even Nature's self envied the same,
And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame
The thing itself. Spenser.
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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.
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Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. Shak.
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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.
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3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
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I fear thou art another counterfeit;
And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. Shak.
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Coun"ter*feit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting.] 1. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
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Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. Goldsmith.
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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.
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Coun"ter*feit, v. i. 1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
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The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. Shak.
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2. To make counterfeits.
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