facsimile — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A copy or reproduction.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?

2. Reproduction in the exact form as the original.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   Indeed his rendering is so excellent an example of mediæval learning and latinity that, even at the risk of sating the learned reader with too many antiquities, I have made up my mind to give it in fac-simile, together with an expanded version for the benefit of those who find the contractions troublesome.

3. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images by means of radio or a telephone network.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. The image sent by the machine itself.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To send by means of a facsimile machine; to fax.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To make a copy of; to reproduce.

   Usage

   • Transitive

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   “What is a turtle?” asked I, facsimileing the graceful attitude of Don José, and leaning both my arms full-length on the table, while I stared him undauntedly in the face, as if he had been no more than an ordinary man.

   The branch at the top [of the figure] is facsimiled from that in the hand of Adam, in Durer’s Adam and Eve.

   The letter was photographed, facsimiled and copied out by hand, then the original was resealed and sent on to its destination.

Noun

1. an exact copy or reproduction

   Synonyms

   autotype

   Broader terms

   copy

2. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

   Synonyms

   facsimile machinefax

   Broader terms

   duplicatorcopier

Verb

1. send something via a facsimile machine

   Synonyms

   faxtelefax

   Broader terms

   telecommunicate

   Examples

   Can you fax me the report right away?