Look here upon this picture, and on this- The
counterfeit presentment of two brothers. --Shak.
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).
3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious;
deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
``An arrant counterfeit rascal.'' --Shak.
Syn: Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At
all his jokes, for many a joke had he. --Goldsmith.
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.
Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens.
--Shak.
Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to
see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself.
--Spenser.
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.
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit.
--Shak.
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.
3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates
another; an impostor; a cheat.
I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in
faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. --Shak.
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. --Shak.
2. To make counterfeits.