Fac‐sim″i‐le (?), n.; pl.Facsimiles (–l�z). [L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.
Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.