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As an adjective counterfeit

is false, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

As a noun counterfeit

is a non-genuine article; a fake.

As a verb counterfeit

is to falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

As an initialism url is

a uniform resource locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other internet resource.

As an abbreviation url is

(us|military|nautical) unrestricted line officer.

counterfeit

English

Adjective

(-)

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.

Inauthentic.

counterfeit sympathy

Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.

* Shakespeare

an arrant counterfeit rascal

Synonyms

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Noun

(en noun)

A non-genuine article; a fake.

*c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:

Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit .

* Macaulay

Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals.

One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.

(obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

* William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens

Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens.

* 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:

Even Nature's self envied the same, / And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame / The thing itself.

(obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.

* c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4

I fear thou art another counterfeit ; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king.

Verb

(en verb)

To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

(obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.

(obsolete) To feign; to mimic.

to counterfeit the voice of another person

* Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster

Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee / At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.

Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.

url

English

Initialism

(en noun)

A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.

Abbreviation

; URL

(US, military, nautical) unrestricted line officer