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sə 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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falsify (ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 'falsifiable | |
| —adj | |
| falsification | |
| —n | |
| 'falsifier | |
| —n | |
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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.
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