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A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.

inal; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak. Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. Shak.…

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

ey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it. [Written also corrody.]

The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

it; to answer; -- followed by to. Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.

tance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.

Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor.

Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5.

. -Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal. -- Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. Cowell. -- Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure. -- Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brough…

structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.

Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check. The system of checks and counterchecks. J. H. Newton.

To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. Spenser. I went to make my court to the Dike and Duches of Newcastle. Evelyn.

an, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. Shak.