Part 2488

<h1>Counter-courant</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter-cou*rant"</hw> <tt>(-k??-r?nt")</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.</def>

<h1>Countercurrent</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*cur`rent</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-k?r`-r<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Running in an opposite direction.</def>

<h1>Countercurrent</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*cur`rent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.</def>

<h1>Counterdraw</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun`ter*draw"</hw> <tt>(koun`t?r-dr?")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Counterdrew</er> <tt>(-dr?")</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Counterdrawn</er> <tt>(-dr?n")</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Counterdrawing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.</def>

<h1>Counterfaisance</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*fai"sance</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-f?"<it>za</it>ns)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Counterfesance</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Counterfeit</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*feit</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-f?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>contrefait</ets>, p. p. of <ets>contrefaire</ets> to counterfeit; <ets>contre</ets> (L. <ets>contra</ets>) + <ets>faire</ets> to make, fr. L. <ets>facere</ets>. See <er>Counter</er>, <ets>adv</ets>., and <er>Fact</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.</def>

<blockquote>Look here upon this picture, and on this- The <b>counterfeit</b> presentment of two brothers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; <as>as, <ex>counterfeit</ex> antiques; <ex>counterfeit</ex> coin</as>.</def> "No <i>counterfeit</i> gem."

<i>Robinson (More's Utopia).</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; <as>as, a <ex>counterfeit</ex> philanthropist</as>.</def> "An arrant <i>counterfeit</i> rascal."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.</syn>

<h1>Counterfeit</h1> <Xpage=332>

<hw>Coun"ter*feit</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.</def>

<blockquote>Thou drawest a <b>counterfeit</b> Best in all Athens. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the <b>counterfeit</b> should shame The thing itself. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; <as>as, the bank note was a <ex>counterfeit</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Never call a true piece of gold a <b>counterfeit</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some of these <b>counterfeits</b> are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.</def>

<blockquote>I fear thou art another <b>counterfeit</b>; And yet, in faith, thou bears'st thee like a king. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>