Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to counterfeit
Participle: counterfeited
Gerund: counterfeiting
Indicative
Present
| I | counterfeit |
| you | counterfeit |
| he;she;it | counterfeits |
| we | counterfeit |
| you | counterfeit |
| they | counterfeit |
Perfect
| I | have counterfeited |
| you | have counterfeited |
| he;she;it | has counterfeited |
| we | have counterfeited |
| you | have counterfeited |
| they | have counterfeited |
Past
| I | counterfeited |
| you | counterfeited |
| he;she;it | counterfeited |
| we | counterfeited |
| you | counterfeited |
| they | counterfeited |
Pluperfect
| I | had counterfeited |
| you | had counterfeited |
| he;she;it | had counterfeited |
| we | had counterfeited |
| you | had counterfeited |
| they | had counterfeited |
Future
| I | will counterfeit |
| you | will counterfeit |
| he;she;it | will counterfeit |
| we | will counterfeit |
| you | will counterfeit |
| they | will counterfeit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have counterfeited |
| you | will have counterfeited |
| he;she;it | will have counterfeited |
| we | will have counterfeited |
| you | will have counterfeited |
| they | will have counterfeited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | counterfeit |
| you | counterfeit |
| he;she;it | counterfeit |
| we | counterfeit |
| you | counterfeit |
| they | counterfeit |
Perfect
| I | have counterfeited |
| you | have counterfeited |
| he;she;it | have counterfeited |
| we | have counterfeited |
| you | have counterfeited |
| they | have counterfeited |
Imperfect
| I | counterfeited |
| you | counterfeited |
| he;she;it | counterfeited |
| we | counterfeited |
| you | counterfeited |
| they | counterfeited |
Pluperfect
| I | had counterfeited |
| you | had counterfeited |
| he;she;it | had counterfeited |
| we | had counterfeited |
| you | had counterfeited |
| they | had counterfeited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would counterfeit |
| you | would counterfeit |
| he;she;it | would counterfeit |
| we | would counterfeit |
| you | would counterfeit |
| they | would counterfeit |
Perfect
| I | would have counterfeited |
| you | would have counterfeited |
| he;she;it | would have counterfeited |
| we | would have counterfeited |
| you | would have counterfeited |
| they | would have counterfeited |
Imperative
| you | counterfeit |
| we | Let's counterfeit |
| you | counterfeit |
Verbs conjugated like 'counterfeit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'counterfeit'
counterfeed,
counteract,
counterbid,
counterflow,
counterpart,
counterplot,
counterpoint,
counterraid,
counterread,
counterseal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deceive; to intentionally make believe a false thing
- deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, overreach, put on, sham
- fake
- simulate, copy, coin, falsify, forge, imitate
- pretend
- feign, cheat, delude, sham, simulate, dissemble
Antonyms
- pretend
- verify, substantiate, test, unmask
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English counterfeit, countrefet, from Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait, from Latin contra- (“against”) + Latin facere (“to make”). Piecewise doublet of contrafactum. See: Latin '
facere'.
Verbs referencing "counterfeit"
Ido kontrafaktar, Swedish
konterfeja.
Sample Sentences
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to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
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The title page of White's original album includes a descriptive title page that identifies the contents as “the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth," [2008, Michael Gaudio, Engraving the savage: the New World and techniques of civilization, page xii:]
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to counterfeit the voice of another person
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Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee / At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. [1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster:]
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I again conveyed his key into his pocket, and counterfeiting sleep—though I never once closed my eyes, lay in bed till after he arose and went to prayers—an exercise to which I had long been unaccustomed. [1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:]