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falsify(dictionary)
falsify(dictionary)

falsify (iou)



falsify verb. LME.
[(Old French falsifier from) medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsificus making false, from falsus FALSE adjective: see -FY.]
verb trans. Show to be false or erroneous. LME.
T. Jefferson No man can falsify any material fact here stated.
b. Fail to fulfil (a prediction, expectation, etc.). L16.
Wilkie Collins The prognostications of our..friends were pleasantly falsified.
verb trans. Alter (a document etc.) fraudulently. E16.
D. Brewster He..falsified the document by the substitution of a paragraph.
b. Debase with impurities; adulterate. M16-M17.
c. Make incorrect or unsound; make (a balance or standard) untrue. L16.
Bible (AV): Amos 8:5 Making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. I. D'Israeli He falsified accentuation, to adapt it to his metre.
d. Misrepresent, distort, (a fact etc.). M17.
R. Scruton I shall try to show how the Marxist's picture..falsifies the realities of politics.
verb trans. Break, violate, (a promise etc.). M16-L17.
R. Greene Aeneas..falsified his faith to Dido.
verb trans. Make in fraudulent imitation; counterfeit, fake. M16-L17.
M. Lister They stampt and falsified the best ancient Medals so well.
verb trans. & intrans. Fencing. Pretend to aim (a blow); feint. L16-L17.
verb intrans. Make a false statement; deal in falsehoods (with). E17-L18.
Sir T. Browne His wisdome will hardly permit him to falsifie with the Almighty.
falsi,fia'bility noun (Philosophy) the quality of being falsifiable M20.
falsifiable adjective able to be falsified; Philosophy (of a proposition) that can be shown to be false: E17.
falsifier noun M17.