Dictionary entry

Counterfeit (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.