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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FACSIM'ILE, n. [L. facio, to make, and similis, like. See Simile.]
An exact copy or likeness, as of handwriting.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: facsimile, autotype]
2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: facsimile, facsimile machine, fax] v
1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax, facsimile]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin fac simile make similar Date: 1691 1. an exact copy 2. a system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (as printing or still pictures) by means of signals sent over telephone lines Synonyms: see reproduction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an exact copy, esp. of writing, printing, a picture, etc. (often attrib. : facsimile edition). 2 a production of an exact copy of a document etc. by electronic scanning and transmission of the resulting data (see also FAX). b a copy produced in this way. --v.tr. (facsimiled, facsimileing) make a facsimile of. Phrases and idioms: in facsimile as an exact copy. Etymology: mod.L f. L fac imper. of facere make + simile neut. of similis like

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Facsimile Fac*sim"i*le,, v. t. To make a facsimile of.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Facsimile Fac*sim"i*le, n.; pl. Facsimiles (-l?z). [L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness. Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(facsimiles) 1. A facsimile of something is an copy or imitation of it. (FORMAL) ...a facsimile edition of Beethoven's musical manuscripts. N-COUNT: oft N of n, N n 2. A facsimile is the same as a fax. (FORMAL) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Doppelganger, Photoradiogram, Telephoto, Wirephoto, actual thing, burlesque, carbon, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, ditto, double, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, equivalent, exact counterpart, homograph, homonym, homophone, idem, identical same, imitation, knockoff, mock-up, model, no other, none other, paraphrase, parody, quadruplicate, radiophotograph, reduplication, repetition, replica, replication, representation, reproduction, selfsame, spit and image, spitting image, synonym, telephotograph, the same, the same difference, travesty, triplicate, twin, version, very image, very same