facsimile — ONAD

facsimile /fakˈsiməlē, fækˈsɪməli

▸ noun an exact copy, especially of written or printed material:

a facsimile of the manuscript

[as modifier] facsimile editions.

▪ another term for fax1.

▸ verb

(facsimiles, facsimileing, facsimiled)

[with object] make a copy of:

the ride was facsimiled for Disney World.

– PHRASES
in facsimile
as an exact copy:

thirty pages are reproduced in facsimile.

– ORIGIN late 16th century (originally as fac simile, denoting the making of an exact copy, especially of writing): modern Latin, from Latin fac! (imperative of facere ‘make’) and simile (neuter of similis ‘like’).