Meaning of counterfeit in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌfɪt/

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  1. Verb

    counterfeit

    Definitions

    1. make a copy of with the intent to deceive

    Examples

    • « he faked the signature »
    • « they counterfeited dollar bills »
    • « She forged a Green Card »

    Derived terms

  2. Noun

    counterfeit

    Definitions

    1. a copy that is represented as the original

    Derived terms

  3. Qualitative Adjective

    counterfeit

    Etymology

    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’

    Definitions

    1. not genuine

    Examples

    • « imitating something superior »
    • « counterfeit emotion »
    • « counterfeit money »
    • « counterfeit works of art »
    • « a counterfeit prince »

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    Antonyms

Famous quotes

  • « Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. »
    Hosea Ballou
  • « Men make counterfeit money in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men. »
    Sydney J. Harris
  • « It 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. »
    Francois de La Rochefoucauld
  • « 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. »
    Ellen G. White
  • « The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art. »
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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