n.
Thou drawest a counterfeit
Best in all Athens. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Even Nature's self envied the same,
And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame
The thing itself. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
I fear thou art another counterfeit;
And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and Fact. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Look here upon this picture, and on this-
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Counterfeiters of devotion. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By forgery; falsely. [ 1913 Webster ]