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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. i.
     To tell lies; to violate the truth.
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           It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and
           falsify.
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           South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Falsify \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.
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              The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything
              as they list, to please or displease any man.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
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     3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to
        disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.
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              By how much better than my word I am,
              By so much shall I falsify men's hope. --Shak.
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              Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under
              Julian the apostate, to baffle and falsify the
              prediction.                           --Addison.
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     4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's
        faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney.
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     5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler.
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     6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.
        --Blackstone.
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     7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge
        inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell.
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     8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with;
        as, to falsify a record or document.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Falsify \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. i.
     To tell lies; to violate the truth.
  
           It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and
           falsify.
  
           South.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  falsify
       v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
            story [syn: distort, garble, warp]
       2: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books";
          "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, cook,
           wangle, misrepresent]
       3: prove false; "Falsify a claim"
       4: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" [ant: correct]
       5: insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [syn: interpolate,
           alter]
       [also: falsified]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  falsify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
     2 (lb en transitive) To misrepresent.
     3 (lb en transitive) To prove to be false.
     4 (lb en transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
     5 (lb en transitive accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted
  in an account) to be wrong.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  falsify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
     2 (lb en transitive) To misrepresent.
     3 (lb en transitive) To prove to be false.
     4 (lb en transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
     5 (lb en transitive accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted
  in an account) to be wrong.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  falsify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
     2 (lb en transitive) To misrepresent.
     3 (lb en transitive) To prove to be false.
     4 (lb en transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
     5 (lb en transitive accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted
  in an account) to be wrong.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  falsify
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
     2 (lb en transitive) To misrepresent.
     3 (lb en transitive) To prove to be false.
     4 (lb en transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
     5 (lb en transitive accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted
  in an account) to be wrong.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  falsify
     Englanti vb.
     1 väärentää
     2 falsifioida

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/
  زيّف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  falsify //ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ// 
  1. подпра́вя, подпра́вям, фалшифици́рам
  to alter so as to be false
  2. изопача́, изопача́вам
  to misrepresent
  3. опроверга́вам, опроверга́я
  to prove to be false

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/
  padělat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/
  falšovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/ 
  anwireddu 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/ 
  ffugio 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/ 
  fälschen, verfälschen 
        "falsify a document"  - ein Dokument fälschen
   see: falsifying, falsified, falsifies, falsified
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/
  
  παραποιώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  falsify //ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ// 
  1. väistää
  (obsolete in English) to baffle or escape
  2. pettää
  (obsolete in English) to break by falsehood
  3. paljastaa
  finance: to show to be wrong
  4. väärentää 2.
  to alter so as to be false
   3.
  to counterfeit, forge
  5. teeskennellä, tekeytyä
  to misrepresent
  6. osoittaa vääräksi
  to prove to be false

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  falsify /fɔːlsifai/
  falsifier, fausser

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/ 
  1. झूठ~ठहराना
        "The prosecuter falsified all his claims in the courtroom."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/
  falsificirati, krivotvoriti

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  falsify //ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ// 
  1. 偽造, 改竄
  to alter so as to be false
  2. 偽造
  to counterfeit, forge

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  falsify /fɔːlsəfai/
  1. padirbti
  2. iškreipti, falsifikuoti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  falsify /ˈfɔ:lsɪfaɪ/ 
    fałszować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  falsify /fɔːlsifai/
  1. adulterar, deturpar, falsear, falsificar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  falsify /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪ/
  1. tahrif etmek, bozmak, kalpazanlık etmek
  2. yalan olduğunu söylemek
  3. (huk.)aslı olmadığını ispat etmek. falsifica'tion tahrif, sahtesini yapma, taklit. falsifier  düzenbaz kimse, yalancı
  4. tahrifçi kimse
  5. kalpazan kimse.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɔɫsəˌfaɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 伪造,歪曲,说谎;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 伪造,歪曲
     vi. 说谎

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