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Falsify

Falsify Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Falsify? [v] insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [v] falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" [v] prove false; "Falsify a claim" [v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [v] fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Falsify: alter \| cook \| distort \| fake \| fudge \| garble \| interpolate \| manipulate \| misrepresent \| wangle \| warp Related Terms \| Find terms related to Falsify: alter \| be untruthful \| belie \| burlesque \| camouflage \| caricature \| change \| cheat \| color \| contort \| contradict \| contravene \| cook \| deceive \| deny \| disguise \| distort \| doctor \| draw the longbow \| dress up \| embellish \| embroider \| equivocate \| evade \| exaggerate \| fake \| fib \| fudge \| garble \| gild \| gloss \| gloss over \| lie \| lie flatly \| mask \| miscite \| miscolor \| mislead \| misquote \| misreport \| misrepresent \| misstate \| misteach \| overdraw \| overstate \| palter \| parody \| pervert \| prevaricate \| shift \| shift about \| slant \| speak falsely \| story \| strain \| stretch the truth \| tell a lie \| titivate \| traverse \| travesty \| trick out \| trump up \| twist \| understate \| varnish \| warp \| whitewash \| wrench See Also \| belie \| change by reversal \| cheat \| chisel \| confute \| cook up \| disprove \| edit \| fabricate \| invent \| juggle \| make up \| mangle \| manufacture \| misrepresent \| murder \| mutilate \| redact \| reverse \| turn Falsify In Webster's Dictionary \Fal"sify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Falsified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Falsifying}.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F. falsifier. See {False}, a.] 1. To make false; to represent falsely. The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man. --Spenser. 2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin. 3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. --Shak. Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction. --Addison. 4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney. 5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler. 6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. --Blackstone. 7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell. 8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document. \Fal"sify\, v. i. To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.

Falsify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Falsify?

[v] insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
[v] falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"
[v] prove false; "Falsify a claim"
[v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
[v] fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

Falsify In Webster's Dictionary

\Fal"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Falsified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Falsifying}.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F.
falsifier. See {False}, a.]
1. To make false; to represent falsely.

         The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything
         as they list, to please or displease any man.
                                               --Spenser.

2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.

3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to
   disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.

         By how much better than my word I am, By so much
         shall I falsify men's hope.           --Shak.

         Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under
         Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the
         prediction.                           --Addison.

4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's
   faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney.

5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler.

6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.
   --Blackstone.

7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge
   inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell.

8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with;
   as, to falsify a record or document.


\Fal"si*fy\, v. i.
To tell lies; to violate the truth.

      It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and
      falsify.

      South.

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