vi to make counterfeits.
2. counterfeit ·noun that which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
3. counterfeit ·noun one who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
4. counterfeit ·adv representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
5. counterfeit ·adv assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
6. counterfeit ·vt to imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
7. counterfeit ·vi to carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
8. counterfeit ·noun 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.
9. counterfeit ·adv 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.
10. counterfeit ·vt 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.