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counterfeit

[ koun-ter-fit ]

adjective

  1. made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged:

    counterfeit dollar bills.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. pretended; unreal:

    counterfeit grief.

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noun

  1. an imitation intended to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forgery.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. Archaic. a copy.
  3. Archaic. a close likeness; portrait.
  4. Obsolete. impostor; pretender.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make a counterfeit of; imitate fraudulently; forge.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to resemble.
  3. to simulate.

verb (used without object)

  1. to make counterfeits, as of money.
  2. to feign; dissemble.

counterfeit

/ 藞办补蕣苍迟蓹蹿瑟迟 /

adjective

  1. made in imitation of something genuine with the intent to deceive or defraud; forged
  2. simulated; sham

    counterfeit affection

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an imitation designed to deceive or defraud
  2. archaic.
    an impostor; cheat
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make a fraudulent imitation of
  2. intr to make counterfeits
  3. to feign; simulate
  4. tr to imitate; copy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞耻苍迟别谤蹿别颈迟别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞耻苍顎僼别谤路蹿别颈迟顎卐谤 noun
  • 肠辞耻苍顎僼别谤路蹿别颈迟顎卨测 adverb
  • 肠辞耻苍顎僼别谤路蹿别颈迟顎卬别蝉蝉 noun
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞耻苍顎僼别谤路蹿别颈迟 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠辞耻苍顎僼别谤路蹿别颈迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of counterfeit1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; (adjective) Middle English countrefet 鈥渇alse, forged,鈥 from Anglo-French cuntrefet, Old French contrefait, contrefet, past participle of contrefaire, contrefere 鈥渢o copy, imitate,鈥 equivalent to conter- counter- + fere 鈥渢o make, do,鈥 ultimately from Latin facere ( fact ); (verb) Middle English countrefeten, verbal derivative of countrefet
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of counterfeit1

C13: from Old French contrefait, from contrefaire to copy, from contre- counter- + faire to make, from Latin facere
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Synonym Study

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