facsimile

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An exact copy or reproduction of something.

   The museum displayed a perfect facsimile of the ancient manuscript.

2. 2
   noun

   A fax, or a machine that sends copies of documents over a phone line.

   She sent the signed contract by facsimile to close the deal quickly.

3. 3
   verb

   To make an exact copy of something; to reproduce it.

   The artist carefully facsimiled the original drawing line by line.

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Simplified etymology

Facsimile was originally written fac simile and meant the making of an exact copy, especially of writing. It entered English in the late 16th century from modern Latin, combining fac, “make,” with simile, “like.”

From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).

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