FACSIMILE

Definitions

1. A copy or reproduction.
   countable
2. Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
   uncountable
3. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
   countable, uncountable
4. The image sent by the machine itself.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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?”

“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.”

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