Definition of Counterfeit
Counterfeit
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
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.
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
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.
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
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.
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
To make counterfeits.
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Counterfeit Quotations
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Sydney J. Harris
True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.
Homer
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
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
Hosea Ballou
Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies remain competitive.
Virginia Foxx
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
Pliny the Elder
Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
C. S. Forester
Counterfeit Translations
counterfeit in Dutch is vervalsing
counterfeit in Italian is falsare
counterfeit in Norwegian is forfalskning, forfalske
counterfeit in Portuguese is moeda falsa
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