Counterfeit Definition
kountər-fĭt
counterfeited, counterfeiting, counterfeits
verb
counterfeited, counterfeiting, counterfeits
To make an imitation of (money, pictures, etc.), usually in order to deceive or defraud.
Webster's New World
To pretend; feign.
Webster's New World
To resemble (something) closely.
Webster's New World
To carry on a deception; dissemble.
American Heritage
To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.
American Heritage
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Antonyms:
- be honest
adjective
Made in imitation of something genuine so as to deceive or defraud; forged.
Counterfeit money.
Webster's New World
Pretended; sham; feigned.
Counterfeit sorrow.
Webster's New World
Simulated; feigned.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
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noun
counterfeits
An imitation made to deceive; forgery.
Webster's New World
Something that so closely resembles something else as to mislead.
Webster's New World
An impostor; cheat.
Webster's New World
A non-genuine article; a fake.
Wiktionary
1590Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII.
Even Nature's self envied the same, / And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame / The thing itself.
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Other Word Forms of Counterfeit
Noun
Singular:
counterfeit
Plural:
counterfeitsOrigin of Counterfeit
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Middle English countrefeten from contrefet made in imitation from Old French contrefait past participle of contrefaire to counterfeit contre- counter- faire to make (from Latin facere dhē- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait.
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