Sekirov Dictionary

counterfeit

UK /ˈkawntəˌfɪt/US /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/

noun 4
verb 4
adjective 3
forms 5

noun4

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A non-genuine article; a fake.
- Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. — 1597
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
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(no longer used) An impostor; a cheat.
- I fear thou art another counterfeit; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. — 1597
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(no longer used) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
- Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens. — 1605

verb4

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To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
- to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
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To feign; to mimic.
- Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee / At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. — 1770
Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
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(no longer used) To produce a faithful copy of.
- The title page of White's original album includes a descriptive title page that identifies the contents as “the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth," — 2008

adjective3

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False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.
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Inauthentic.
- How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […] — 1523
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.

forms

counterfeited · counterfeiting · counterfeiteth · counterfeits · counterfeitest

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