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FALSIFY

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fal⋅si⋅fy

  [fawl-suh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
2. to alter fraudulently.
3. to represent falsely: He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
4. to show or prove to be false; disprove: to falsify a theory.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make false statements.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME falsifien < MF falsifier < LL falsificāre. See false, -ify

Related forms:
fal⋅si⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fal⋅si⋅fi⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
fal⋅si⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion  [fawl-suh-fi-key-shuhn] , noun
fal⋅si⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 3. See misrepresent. 4. rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert.
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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.

    1. To make false by altering or adding to: falsify testimony.

    2. 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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Main Entry: fal·si·fy
Pronunciation: 'fol-si-"fI
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
: to make false: as a : to make (as a document) false by mutilation, alteration, or addition falsified the records —M. A. Kelly> b : to report (as information) falsely falsified his testimony>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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