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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 [ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ]
vb (tr) -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
[from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, from Latin falsus false + facere to make]
falsifiable  adj
falsification  [ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] n
falsifier  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
verb alter, forge, fake, tamper with, doctor, cook (slang), distort, pervert, belie, counterfeit, misrepresent, garble, misstate The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.
Translations
falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] VT [+ document] → falsificar; [+ evidence] → falsificar, falsear; [+ accounts, figures] → falsear
falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] vt [+ records, documents, information, data] → falsifier; [+ accounts] → falsifier, maquiller
falsify
vt
records, evidence, historyfälschen; reportentstellen; results, testsverfälschen
(= disprove)widerlegen, falsifizieren (spec)
falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ] vtfalsificare; (figures) → alterare
falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ] vtfalsificare; (figures) → alterare


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