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† ˈcounterˌfeisance Obs. Also 6 -fesaunce, 7 -fes-, -fais-, -faysance. [ad. F. contrefaisance, f. contrefaisant, pr. pple. of contrefaire to counterfeit: see next and -ance.] The action of counterfeiting; deceit, dissimulation, fraud, imposture.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. viii. 49 Duessa, when her borrowed light Is laid away, and counterfesaunce knowne. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 284 All was hypocrisie and counter⁓feisance. 1641Maisterton Serm. 19 What tricking and counterfesance to delude the sense. 1656Trapp Comm. Matt. xxvii. (1868) 279/1 He scorns that such base counterfaisance should be found in his followers. |