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.

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

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