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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The Virginian's rising hope that he might prove to be Labertouche failed for want of encouragement; the intruder was of a stature the Englishman could by no means have counterfeited.
From The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance
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
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
With these Nuts, or Acorns, some have counterfeited the Cocoa, whereof they have made Chocolate, not to be distinguish'd by a good Palate.
Good —— you have counterfeited to a Nicety, Charles.
From The Busie Body by Jess Byrd
