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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
falsifying
n : the act of determining that something is false [syn: falsification,
disproof, refutation]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
falsifying
n.
falsification
vb.
(present participle of en falsify nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
falsifying
n.
falsification
vb.
(present participle of en falsify nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
falsifying
n.
falsification
vb.
(present participle of en falsify nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
falsifying
n.
falsification
vb.
(present participle of en falsify nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
falsifying
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm f alsify ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
falsifying
Engelska a.
(avledning en falsify ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb falsify)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Falsifying /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ التزييفFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
falsifying /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ fälschend, verfälschend see: falsify, falsified, falsifies, falsifiedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
falsifying /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ falsifizierend, widerlegend see: falsify an assertion/hypothesis, falsifiedFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
falsifying /fˈɒlsɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ ψεύτισμαFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈfɔɫsəˌfaɪɪŋ/