facsimile — ODE

facsimile /fakˈsɪmɪli

▸ 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 another theme park.

– 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’).