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facsimile

/fækˈsɪm.ə.li/ verb C2
  1. To send by means of a facsimile machine; to fax. (transitive)
  2. To make a copy of; to reproduce. (transitive)

He/she/it facsimiles · Past facsimiled · Past participle facsimiled · -ing form facsimileing

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Verb forms

Base form
facsimile
He/she/it
facsimiles
Past
facsimiled
Past participle
facsimiled
-ing form
facsimileing

From the library

It is almost a facsimile.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 47 · B2
There was a facsimile of his old friend, dressing-gown and all, the face turned three-quarters towards the window and downwards, as though reading an invisible book, while the body was sunk deep in an arm-chair.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 30 · B2
Holmes took up the scrap of paper, a facsimile of which is here reproduced.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 35 · B2
It was a wax-coloured model of my friend, so admirably done that it was a perfect facsimile.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 27 · C1

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