facsimile
[fak-sim-uh-lee]
- 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).
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- to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
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- 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.
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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
See more synonyms for facsimile on Thesaurus.com1. replica, likeness. 1, 4. duplicate.
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Examples from the Web for facsimile
Contemporary Examples
A Daily Mail writer, wearing a facsimile of the dress, said it was sculpted to her body, but not restrictively so.
But she made it clear what she had liked about him; he wasn't a WASP, or some facsimile of a Kennedy.
Historical Examples
The Bailiff of Guernsey still uses a facsimile of the original seal.
The Coinages of the Channel IslandsB. Lowsley
It was written in Hebrew, and a facsimile of the knife was drawn on it.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
It has been honoured by reproduction in facsimile in modern times.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
The quarto was genuine in every respect, but it was a facsimile!
The Book-Hunter in LondonWilliam Roberts
I rummaged in the wastebasket and uncrumpled the morning's facsimile newspaper.
Measure for a LonerJames Judson Harmon
facsimile
- an exact copy or reproduction
- (as modifier)a facsimile publication
- an image produced by facsimile transmission
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- (tr) to make an exact copy of
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like
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Word Origin and History for facsimile
n.
1660s, from Latin fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (see factitious) + simile, neuter of similis "like, similar" (see similar).
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