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falsification

[fawl-suh-fahy]

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verb (used with object)

to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.

to alter fraudulently.

to represent falsely: He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.

to show or prove to be false; disprove: to falsify a theory.

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verb (used without object)

to make false statements.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English falsifien < Middle French falsifier < Late Latin 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

non·fal·si·fi·a·ble, adjective

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un·fal·si·fi·a·ble, adjective

un·fal·si·fied, adjective

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

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World English Dictionary

falsify (ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -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 falsusfalse + facere to make]

'falsifiable

—*adj*

falsification

—n

'falsifier

—n

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Word Origin & History

falsification

1560s, noun of action from L.L. falsificare (see falsify).

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Medical Dictionary

falsification fal·si·fi·ca·tion (fôl'sə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.
The deliberate act of misrepresentation so as to deceive.