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941 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1182.2 (Matthew Henry)

… . A counterfeit lamb is mentioned as rising out of the earth in the last chapter, which was really a dragon; here Christ appears as the true paschal Lamb, to show …

942 Torrey’s Topical Index, Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit.12

Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Counterfeited by Antichrist Matthew 24:24; 2Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 13:13;

943 Etymology dictionary, p. bad (adj.).2

… , vicious; counterfeit;" from 13c. in surnames ( William Badde, Petri Badde, Asketinus Baddecheese, Rads Badinteheved ). Rare before 1400, and evil was more common …

944 Etymology dictionary, p. bogus (adj.).2

"counterfeit, spurious, sham," 1839, from a noun (1838) meaning "counterfeit money, spurious coin," American English slang, apparently from a word applied (according to OED first in Ohio in 1827) to a counterfeiter's apparatus.

945 Etymology dictionary, p. brummagem (adj.).2

"cheap and showy," 1829, from a noun formed from the vulgar pronunciation (noted by 1800) of Birmingham, England, in reference to articles mass-manufactured there. The word also recalls Birmingham's old reputation for counterfeiting.

947 Etymology dictionary, p. counterfeit (v.).3

… ." Related: Counterfeited; counterfeiting .

949 Etymology dictionary, p. counterfeiting (n.).2

"act or fact of feigning or making a copy of," especially with intent to deceive or defraud; verbal noun from counterfeit (v.). Earlier was counterfeiture (early 14c.).

951 Etymology dictionary, p. counterfeiter (n.).2

early 15c., "one who imitates or makes a copy of," especially with intent to deceive or defraud, agent noun from counterfeit (v.).

953 Etymology dictionary, p. crank (n.).3

… slang counterfeit crank "one who shams sickness to get charity" (1560s). OED notes that "the 16th c. vagabonds' cant contains words taken directly from Continental …

954 Etymology dictionary, p. derringer (n.).2

"short-barreled, large-caliber pistol," very effective at close range, 1850, for Henry Deringer (1786-1868), U.S. gunsmith who invented it in the 1840s. The prevailing misspelled form is how his name appeared on the many counterfeits and imitations.

955 Etymology dictionary, p. *dhe-.3

… ; confetti; counterfeit; deed; deem; deface; defeasance; defeat; defect; deficient; difficulty; dignify; discomfit; do (v.); doom; -dom; duma; edifice; edify; efface; effect …

956 Etymology dictionary, p. disguise (v.).3

… a counterfeit form or appearance." Originally primarily "to put out of one's usual manner" (of dress, etc.), "change one's appearance;" a sense preserved in phrase …

957 Etymology dictionary, p. dud (n.).2

… to "counterfeit thing," and 1908 to "useless, inefficient person or thing." This led naturally in World War I to "shell which fails to explode," and thence to "expensive …

958 Etymology dictionary, p. dummy (n.).2

… ," hence "counterfeit object, something that imitates a reality for mechanical purposes." In card games (originally whist, later bridge) "exposed hand of cards …

959 Etymology dictionary, p. fake.2

… (1775, "counterfeit"), verb (1812, "to rob"), and noun (1851, "a swindle;" of persons 1888, "a swindler"), but probably older. A likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial …

960 Etymology dictionary, p. falsify (v.).2

… falsify, counterfeit" (15c.), from Late Latin falsificare "make false, corrupt," from Latin falsus "erroneous, mistaken" (see false ). Meaning "to make false" is from c …