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   Coun·ter·feit

   /ˈkoun(t)ərˌfit/

   

   adjective

   • 1. made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud: "two men were remanded on bail on a charge of passing counterfeit $10 bills"
   • ▪ pretended; sham: "a counterfeit image of reality"

   noun

   • 1. a fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery: "he knew the tapes to be counterfeits"

   verb

   • 1. imitate fraudulently: "my signature is extremely hard to counterfeit"
   • ▪ pretend to feel or possess (an emotion or quality): "no pretense could have counterfeited such terror"
   • ▪ resemble closely: "sleep counterfeited Death so well"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. counterfeiter noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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