FACSIMILE

Fac‐sim″i‐le (?), n.; pl. Facsimiles (–l�z). [[L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.]] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness. Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.