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  2. an exact copy, esp. of a document. A facsimile is also a fax.

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      FACSIMILE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary....

  3. FACSIMILE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of facsimile in English. facsimile. noun [ C ] us / fækˈsɪm. ə l.i / uk / fækˈsɪm. ə l.i / Add to word list. an exact copy, especially of a document: facsimile of a facsimile of the original manuscript. formal. a fax. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Copying and copies.

  4. Fac simile is a Latin phrase meaning “make alike.” English speakers began using facsimile to mean “an exact copy” in the late 1600s. In this sense, a facsimile might be a handwritten or hand-drawn copy, or even a copy of a painting or statue.

  5. 1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript. 2. Also called: fax Telecommunications. a. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere. b. an image transmitted by such a method.

  6. A facsimile is a copy or reproduction of something. Many parents hope their children will be facsimiles of themselves; many children have other plans in mind. Facsimile comes from two Latin roots: facere, meaning "to make," and simile, meaning "like."

  7. n. 1. a. an exact copy or reproduction. b. (as modifier): a facsimile publication. 2. (Telecommunications) an image produced by facsimile transmission. vb, -les, -leing or -led. (tr) to make an exact copy of. [C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like]

  8. Facsimile definition: an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.. See examples of FACSIMILE used in a sentence.

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