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   facsimile

   /fakˈsɪmɪli/

   noun

   • 1. an exact copy, especially of written or printed material: "a facsimile of the manuscript" Similar copyreproductionduplicatephotocopymimeographmimeoreplicalikenesscarboncarbon copyprintreprintoffprintimagefaxtelefaxclonetelecopyautotypetrademark:Xeroxphotostatdoublelookaliketwincloneduplicateperfect likenessexact likenessechoreplicacopyimitationpictureimageliving imagemirror-imageDoppelgängerinformal:spitting imagedead ringerringer(very) spitdead spitspit and imageOpposite original
   • ▪ another term for fax

   verb

   • 1. make a copy of: "the ride was facsimiled for another theme park"

   Word Origin late 16th century (originally as fac simile, denoting the making of an exact copy, especially of writing): modern Latin, from Latin fac! (imperative of facere ‘make’) and simile (neuter of similis ‘like’).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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