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facsimile

Pronunciation: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/

The English word “facsimile” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To send by means of a facsimile machine; to fax.
  2. To make a copy of; to reproduce.

Etymology

From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).

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