a. [ F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and Fact. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look here upon this picture, and on this-
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin. “No counterfeit gem.” Robinson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. “An arrant counterfeit rascal.” Shak.

Syn. -- Forged; fictitious; spurious; false. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou drawest a counterfeit
Best in all Athens. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even Nature's self envied the same,
And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame
The thing itself. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear thou art another counterfeit;
And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting. ] 1. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make counterfeits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Counterfeiters of devotion. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By forgery; falsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Min.) The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See Foreign, and Fact. ] 1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To seek arms upon people and country that never did us any forfeit. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal
Remit thy other forfeits. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of the day. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See Forfeit, n. ] Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tread the forfeit paradise. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Forfeiting. ] [ OE. forfeten. See Forfeit, n. ] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] had forfeited their property by their crimes. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Undone and forfeited to cares forever! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fail to keep an obligation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Once more I will renew
His lapsèd powers, though forfeite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. forfeiture, LL. forisfactura. ] 1. The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under pain of foreiture of the said goods. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct. [ 1913 Webster ]

What should I gain
By the exaction of the forfeiture? Shak.

Syn. -- Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. surfet, OF. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, fr. surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, F. surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, L. facere. See Sur-, and Fact. ] 1. Excess in eating and drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not Sir Surfeit sit at thy board. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Disgust caused by excess; satiety. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To indulge to satiety in any gratification. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Surfeiting. ] 1. To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who surfeits. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Water for the cure of surfeits. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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