The action of counterfeit, v.

The action of forging. (Cowel 1607, and some later writers who quote the statute, have mistaken the word for preceding noun.)

The action of forge, v.1 in various senses; an instance of the same. Also, used gerundially with the omission of in.

Fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures, coining false money, etc.

The making of a thing in fraudulent imitation of something; also, esp. the forging, counterfeiting, or falsifying of a document. For the use in Law…

In bad sense: The action of fabricating or ‘making up’; the invention (of a statement); the forging (of a document). Also concrete. An invention; a…