facsimile

[ fak-sim-uh-lee ]

/ fækˈsɪm ə li /

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noun

an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.

Also called fax. Telecommunications.

a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
an image transmitted by such a method.

dropout(def 5).

verb (used with object), fac·sim·i·led, fac·sim·i·le·ing.

to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.

adjective

Also fax. Telecommunications.

(of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail.
(of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission.

Words related to facsimile

photocopy, replica, likeness, copycat, ditto, Xerox, replication, reduplication, double, clone, look-alike, twin, ringer, dupe, miniature, duplicate, print, carbon, copy, transcript

Words nearby facsimile

faconne, facp, facr, facs, facsim., facsimile, facsimile catalog, facsimile machine, facsimile transmission, facsm, fact

Origin of facsimile

1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; see simile

SYNONYMS FOR facsimile

1 replica, likeness.

1, 4 duplicate.

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Examples from the Web for facsimile

A Daily Mail writer, wearing a facsimile of the dress, said it was sculpted to her body, but not restrictively so.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress|Tim Teeman|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Did you see the Monitor last night and that facsimile they gave away with it?
In the Mayor's Parlour|J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
Even the fine half-tone process of this facsimile cannot reproduce its delicacy.
The Origin of Finger-Printing|William J. Herschel
This grinning little deity--the facsimile of an Indian idol--must express their idea of the Penates.
A Love Story|A Bushman

(verses from fourth edition printed, part of title in facsimile reprint).
Prices of Books|Henry B. Wheatley
After a facsimile had been taken, it was resold to an American collector.
Prices of Books|Henry B. Wheatley

British Dictionary definitions for facsimile

facsimile

/ (fækˈsɪmɪlɪ) /

noun

an exact copy or reproduction
(as modifier)a facsimile publication

an image produced by facsimile transmission

verb -les, -leing or -led

(tr) to make an exact copy of

Word Origin for facsimile

C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like

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