From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\ (koun"t?r-f?t), a. [F. contrefait,
p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) +
faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and
Fact.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a
resemblance to something else; portrayed.
[1913 Webster]
Look here upon this picture, and on this
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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. "No
counterfeit gem." --Robinson (More's Utopia).
[1913 Webster]
3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious;
deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
"An arrant counterfeit rascal." --Shak.
Syn: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, n.
1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness;
a portrait; a counterpart.
[1913 Webster]
Thou drawest a counterfeit
Best in all Athens. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Even Nature's self envied the same,
And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame
The thing itself. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such
exquisite taste and skill, that it is the
achievement of criticism to distinguish them from
originals. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates
another; an impostor; a cheat.
[1913 Webster]
I fear thou art another counterfeit;
And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting.]
1. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to
counterfeit the voice of another person.
[1913 Webster]
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, v. i.
1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to
pretend.
[1913 Webster]
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make counterfeits.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
counterfeit
adj 1: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit
emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of
art"; "a counterfeit prince" [syn: counterfeit,
imitative] [ant: echt, genuine]
n 1: a copy that is represented as the original [syn:
counterfeit, forgery]
v 1: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the
signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged
a Green Card" [syn: forge, fake, counterfeit]