The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterfeit \Coun"ter*feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting.]
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To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he.
--Goldsmith. To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: counterfeit)
Usage examples of "counterfeited".
And Damian, that knew all her intent, The cliket counterfeited privily.
And counterfeited was full subtilly Another letter, wrote full sinfully, Unto the king, direct of this mattere From his Constable, as ye shall after hear.
Her faconde* eke full womanly and plain, *speech No counterfeited termes hadde she To seeme wise.
After amusing himself with them, Kemps returned the fugitives, whom Smith punished until they were content to labor at home, rather than adventure to live idly among the savages, "of whom," says our shrewd chronicler, "there was more hope to make better christians and good subjects than the one half of them that counterfeited themselves both.
One day, while he accompanied Mademoiselle in her exercise of music, he pretended all of a sudden to be taken ill, and counterfeited a swoon in her apartment.
On their side, Lord Herries and the Bishop of Ross, the queen's advocates, maintained that these letters had been forged, that the handwriting was counterfeited, and demanded, in verification, experts whom they could not obtain.