Definition of: counterfeit

(koun′tər·fit) v.t.
1. To make a copy of; imitate; hence, to feign; dissemble.
2. To make a spurious semblance of, as money or stamps, with the intent to deceive and defraud.
—v.i.
3. To practice deception; feign.
4. To make counterfeits. [<adjective] See synonyms under IMITATE, PRETEND.
—adjective Resembling or made to resemble some genuine thing, with intent to defraud; imitated; spurious.
—noun
1. Something, as a coin, made fraudulently to resemble the genuine.
2. Any imitation, as a portrait or copy.
3. An impostor. [<OF contrefet, pp. of contrefaire <L contra- against + facere make]
—coun′ter·feit′er noun