counterfeit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
counterfeit/ˈkaʊntəfɪt/
▶adjective made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.
■ archaic pretended; sham.
▶noun a forgery. ▶verb imitate fraudulently.■ literary resemble closely.
– derivatives
counterfeiter noun.
counterfeiter noun.
– origin ME (as v.): from Anglo-Norman Fr. countrefeter, from OFr. contrefait, contrefaire, from L. contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.
'counterfeit' also found in these Oxford entries:
adulterine
- bogus
- Brummagem
- Brummie
- colourable
- fake
- rap
- snide
- stumer
- supposititious
