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verb (used with object)
1.
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
2.
to alter fraudulently.
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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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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.
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