counterfeit
adjective
made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged.
have counterfeited
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present perfectof counterfeit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lookye, my dear, you have counterfeited madness so very well this bout, that you'll be apt to play the fool all your life long.——Here, gentlemen!
From The Inconstant by George Farquhar
No, Fraud: though many have counterfeited both thee and me, We are ourselves yet, and no changelings, I see And why shouldst thou ask me, man, if I live?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
On the other side, St. Mesmin declares that the Franciscans have counterfeited the affair in hope of ‘black-mailing’ him.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
Finished actress as you are, even you could hardly have counterfeited the tragic effect produced by my unexpected appearance yesterday.
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
With these Nuts, or Acorns, some have counterfeited the Cocoa, whereof they have made Chocolate, not to be distinguish'd by a good Palate.
