facsimile

 
Pronunciation: /fakˈsɪmɪli/

noun

  • an exact copy, especially of written or printed material: a facsimile of the manuscript [as modifier]: facsimile editions
  • another term for fax1.

verb (facsimiles, facsimileing, facsimiled)

[with object]
  • make a copy of: the ride was facsimiled for another theme park

Phrases

in facsimile

as an exact copy: thirty pages are reproduced in facsimile

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')