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falsify
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fal·si·fy  (fôls-f)
v. fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing, fal·si·fies
v.tr.
1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent.
2.
a. To make false by altering or adding to: falsify testimony.
b. To counterfeit; forge: falsify a visa.
3. To declare or prove to be false.
v.intr.
To make untrue statements; lie.

[Middle English falsifien, from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificre : Latin falsus, false; see false + Latin -ficre, -fy.]

falsi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
falsi·fier n.

falsify
Verb
[-fies, -fying, -fied] to make a report or evidence false by alteration in order to deceive [Latin falsus false + facere to make]
falsification n
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Verb1.falsify - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
murder, mutilate, mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
2.falsify - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
3.falsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim"
confute, disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
4.falsify - falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"
change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
correct, right, rectify - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
5.falsify - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
edit, redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

falsify
Translations
Spanish falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] vtfalsificar
French falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] vtfalsifier [+ accounts]; maquiller
German falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] false vtfälschen
Italian falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] vtfalsificare [+ figures]; alterare

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