Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COUN'TER-FEIT, a.

1. Forged; fictitious; false; fabricated without right; made in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud, by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit coin; a counterfeit bond or deed; a counterfeit bill of exchange.
2. Assuming the appearance of something; false hypocritical; as, a counterfeit friend.
3. Having the resemblance of; false; not genuine; as, counterfeit modesty.