A counterfeit is a fake or a forgery. If you painted an uncanny copy of the "Mona Lisa" and tried to pass it off as the original, you'd have a counterfeit on your hands.
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
Noun
a copy that is represented as the original
Verb
make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
Adjective
not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
adv.
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a
resemblance to something else; portrayed.
adv.
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.
adv.
Assuming the appearance of something; false;
spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
n.
That which resembles or is like another thing; a
likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
n.
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.
n.
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who
personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
v. t.
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as,
to counterfeit the voice of another person.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to
pretend.
v. i.
To make counterfeits.
Counterfeit
Look here upon this picture, and on this- The counterfeit presentment of two brothers.2.
Counterfeit
Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens.
Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself.2.
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit.
Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals.3.
I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in faith, thou bears'st thee like a king.
Counterfeit
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.2.
Counterfeit
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave.2.
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic;
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Usage Examples
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
Men make counterfeit money in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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