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Falsifier
fal·si·fy
/
ˈfɔl
sə
faɪ
/
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fawl
-s
uh
-fahy
]
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verb,
fal·si·fied,
fal·si·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make false or incorrect, especially 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.
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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
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ˈfɔl
sə
fɪˈkeɪ
ʃən
/
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fawl
-s
uh
-fi-
key
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uh
n
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,
noun
fal·si·fi·er,
noun
non·fal·si·fi·a·ble,
adjective
un·fal·si·fi·a·ble,
adjective
un·fal·si·fied,
adjective
Synonyms
1, 3.
See
misrepresent
.
4.
rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert.
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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
falsus
false
+
facere
to make]
'falsifiable
—
adj
falsification
—
n
'falsifier
—
n
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
falsus
false
+
facere
to make]
'falsifiable
—
adj
falsification
—
n
'falsifier
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
falsify
mid-15c., "to prove false," from Fr. falsifier, from L.L. falsificare, from L. falsificus "making false," from falsus (see
false
). Related: Falsified; falsifying. Meaning "to make false" is from c.1500.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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