counterfeit (v.) Copy link Outline I. To forge, copy, or imitateII. To put on a false resemblance1. sĭmŭlo, 1 (correl. dissimulo; to disguise and hide)2. assĭmŭlo, 13. mentior, 4 • counterfeit (v.): I. To forge, copy, or imitate: ĭmĭtor, 1: to c. the cry of a pig, porcelli vocem i., Phaedr.: this c.s that, but is not such, hoc im. illud, sed non est ejusmodi, Cic. But imitor (more fully, imitando effingere atque exprimere, is more usu. in good sense: v. imitate. Phr.: to c. a will, testamentum subjicere, supponere, subdere: to c. coin, numos adulterinos percutere: v. to forge, coin. II. To put on a false resemblance: 1. sĭmŭlo, 1 (correl. dissimulo; to disguise and hide): to c. the storms and lightning, nimbos et fulmen s., Virg.: to c. madness, s. se furere, Cic. 2. assĭmŭlo, 1: leaning on a staff she c.'d an old woman, innitens baculo assimulavit anum, Ov. 3. mentior, 4: you c. a young man by dyeing your hair, mentiris juvenem tinctis capillis, Mart.: Virg.: v. feign, pretend.