counterfeit
The definition of counterfeit is fake or made in imitation.
(adjective)An example of counterfeit is money that is not produced by the proper authorities.
Counterfeit is defined as an imitation or forgery.
(noun)An example of counterfeit is a one hundred dollar bill made at home.
To counterfeit is defined as to produce a fake version of something.
(verb)An example of counterfeit is the action taken by imposters who print their own money.
See counterfeit in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- made in imitation of something genuine so as to deceive or defraud; forged: counterfeit money
- pretended; sham; feigned: counterfeit sorrow
Origin: ME countrefete < OFr contrefait, pp. of contrefaire, to make in opposition, imitate < contre-, counter- + faire < L facere, to make, do
noun
- an imitation made to deceive; forgery
- something that so closely resembles something else as to mislead
- Obsolete an impostor; cheat
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to make an imitation of (money, pictures, etc.), usually in order to deceive or defraud
- to pretend; feign
- to resemble (something) closely
Related Forms:
- counterfeiter noun
See counterfeit in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb coun·ter·feit·ed, coun·ter·feit·ing, coun·ter·feits verb, transitive
- To make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge: counterfeits money.
- To make a pretense of; feign: counterfeited interest in the story.
- To carry on a deception; dissemble.
- To make fraudulent copies of something valuable.
- Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud: a counterfeit dollar bill.
- Simulated; feigned: a counterfeit illness.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English countrefeten
Origin: , from contrefet, made in imitation
Origin: , from Old French contrefait
Origin: , past participle of contrefaire, to counterfeit
Origin: : contre-, counter-
Origin: + faire, to make (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots)
.Related Forms:
- counˈter·feitˌer noun
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