adj.
made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.
▸archaic pretended; sham.
n.
a forgery.
v.
imitate fraudulently.
▸literary resemble closely.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (as v.): from Anglo-Norman Fr. countrefeter, from OFr. contrefait, contrefaire, from L. contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.
