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fal·si·fy
(fôl′sə-fī′)v. fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing, fal·si·fies
v.tr.
1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent.
2.
a. To make false by altering or adding to: falsify testimony.
b. To counterfeit; forge: falsify a visa.
3. To declare or prove to be false.
v.intr.
To make untrue statements; lie.
[Middle English falsifien, from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre : Latin falsus, false; see false + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
fal′si·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
fal′si·fi′er n.
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falsify
(ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ)vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied
1. to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
2. to prove false; disprove
[C15: from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, from Latin falsus false + facere to make]
ˈfalsiˌfiable adj
falsification n
ˈfalsiˌfier n
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fal•si•fy
(ˈfɔl sə faɪ)v. -fied, -fy•ing. v.t.
1. to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
2. to fashion or alter fraudulently: to falsify a signature.
3. to represent falsely: to falsify one's family history.
4. to show or prove to be false; disprove; confute.
v.i. 5. to make false statements.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French falsifier < Late Latin falsificāre]
fal′si•fi`a•ble, adj.
fal•si•fi•ca•tion (ˈfɔl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən) n.
fal′si•fi`er, n.
syn: See misrepresent.
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falsify
Past participle: falsified
Gerund: falsifying
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| Verb | 1. | falsify - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story murder, mutilate, mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" |
| 2. | falsify - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" | |
| 3. | falsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim" | |
| 4. | falsify - falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" | |
| 5. | falsify - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby |
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falsify
verb alter, forge, fake, tamper with, doctor, cook (slang), distort, pervert, belie, counterfeit, misrepresent, garble, misstate The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.
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falsify
verb1. To make untrue declarations:
Law: perjure.
2. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration:
3. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:
Idiom: give a false coloring to.
4. To make a fraudulent copy of:
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Translations
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falsify
[ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] VT [+ document] → falsificar; [+ evidence] → falsificar, falsear; [+ accounts, figures] → falsearCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
falsify
[ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] vt [+ records, documents, information, data] → falsifier; [+ accounts] → falsifier, maquillerCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
falsify
vt
(= disprove) → widerlegen, falsifizieren (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
false
(foːls) adjective1. not true; not correct. He made a false statement to the police.
2. not genuine; intended to deceive. She has a false passport.
3. artificial. false teeth.
4. not loyal. false friends.
ˈfalsehood noun (the telling of) a lie. She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood.
ˈfalsify (-fӕi) verb to make false. He falsified the accounts.
ˌfalsifiˈcation (-fi-) nounˈfalsity noun
false alarm
a warning of something which in fact does not happen.
false start in a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated.
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