Facsimiled

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A reproduction that accurately replicates the visual and textual features of the original material
2. An accurate representation of an original document or image, created to preserve both appearance and content
3. A precise duplication that replicates the original document or image in detail

Etymology: "Facsimiled" is the past tense and past participle of "facsimile," which is a verb in its own right, meaning to make an exact copy of something. Its root is a Latin command: "fac simile," literally "make like," built from "fac," the imperative of "facere" (to make), and "simile," the neuter form of "similis" (like or similar). The idea is simply an instruction to produce something resembling an original. The Latin phrase was used as a working instruction, and it was the English noun "facsimile" that took it up and carried it into use as a term for an exact reproduction. The verb followed from the noun, which is why the past forms "facsimiled" and "facsimileing" behave like those of any other English verb built on a noun.