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counterfeisance

counterfeisance noun: deception, dissimulation.

Noun

counterfeisance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Deception, dissimulation.
    • For he in counterfeisance did excell, / And all the wyles of wemens wits knew passing well.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • [I]t is but bare, simple, plain, honest, homely truth, without welt, without guard. It will abide none but native colours. It scorneth to woo favour with farding and licking and counterfeisance. It hates either bought or borrowed beauty; and therefore, like some native face among the painted, looks...1623 September 21, Joseph Hall, “Sermon X. The Best Bargain: A Sermon Preached to the Court at Theobald’s on Sunday, September 21, 1623”, in Philip Wynter, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend...

counterfeisance meaning in Tamil

counterfeisance in Tamil

போலிச் செயல்

Origin of counterfeisance

From French contrefaisance.

Questions about counterfeisance

What does counterfeisance mean?
Counterfeisance means deception, dissimulation.
What is counterfeisance in Tamil?
Counterfeisance in Tamil is போலிச் செயல். See Counterfeisance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is counterfeisance?
Counterfeisance is a noun.

Words near counterfeisance in the dictionary

  1. counterfaçades
  2. counterfed
  3. counterfeed
  4. counterfeeding
  5. counterfeeds
  6. counterfeisance
  7. counterfeit
  8. counterfeitability
  9. counterfeitable
  10. counterfeited
  11. counterfeiter

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