Hypertext Webster Gateway: "counterfeiting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.


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