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fal·si·fy
(fôl′sə-fī′)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 falsificāre : Latin falsus, false; see false + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
fal′si·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
fal′si·fi′er n.
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falsify
(ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ)vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -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 false + facere to make]
ˈfalsiˌfiable adj
falsification n
ˈfalsiˌfier n
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fal•si•fy
(ˈfɔl sə faɪ)v. -fied, -fy•ing. v.t.
1. to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
2. to fashion or alter fraudulently: to falsify a signature.
3. to represent falsely: to falsify one's family history.
4. to show or prove to be false; disprove; confute.
v.i.5. to make false statements.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French falsifier < Late Latin falsificāre]
fal′si•fi`a•ble, adj.
fal•si•fi•ca•tion (ˈfɔl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən) n.
fal′si•fi`er, n.
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falsify
Past participle: falsified
Gerund: falsifying
| Imperative |
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| falsify |
| falsify |
| Present |
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| I falsify |
| you falsify |
| he/she/it falsifies |
| we falsify |
| you falsify |
| they falsify |
| Preterite |
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| I falsified |
| you falsified |
| he/she/it falsified |
| we falsified |
| you falsified |
| they falsified |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am falsifying |
| you are falsifying |
| he/she/it is falsifying |
| we are falsifying |
| you are falsifying |
| they are falsifying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have falsified |
| you have falsified |
| he/she/it has falsified |
| we have falsified |
| you have falsified |
| they have falsified |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was falsifying |
| you were falsifying |
| he/she/it was falsifying |
| we were falsifying |
| you were falsifying |
| they were falsifying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had falsified |
| you had falsified |
| he/she/it had falsified |
| we had falsified |
| you had falsified |
| they had falsified |
| Future |
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| I will falsify |
| you will falsify |
| he/she/it will falsify |
| we will falsify |
| you will falsify |
| they will falsify |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have falsified |
| you will have falsified |
| he/she/it will have falsified |
| we will have falsified |
| you will have falsified |
| they will have falsified |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be falsifying |
| you will be falsifying |
| he/she/it will be falsifying |
| we will be falsifying |
| you will be falsifying |
| they will be falsifying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been falsifying |
| you have been falsifying |
| he/she/it has been falsifying |
| we have been falsifying |
| you have been falsifying |
| they have been falsifying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been falsifying |
| you will have been falsifying |
| he/she/it will have been falsifying |
| we will have been falsifying |
| you will have been falsifying |
| they will have been falsifying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been falsifying |
| you had been falsifying |
| he/she/it had been falsifying |
| we had been falsifying |
| you had been falsifying |
| they had been falsifying |
| Conditional |
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| I would falsify |
| you would falsify |
| he/she/it would falsify |
| we would falsify |
| you would falsify |
| they would falsify |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have falsified |
| you would have falsified |
| he/she/it would have falsified |
| we would have falsified |
| you would have falsified |
| they would have falsified |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. | 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" |
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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.
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falsify
verb1. To make untrue declarations:
2. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration:
3. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:
Idiom: give a false coloring to.
4. To make a fraudulent copy of:
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Translations
يُزَيِّف
padělat
forfalske
osoittaavääräväärentää
falsa
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falsify
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false
(foːls) adjective1. not true; not correct. He made a false statement to the police.
2. not genuine; intended to deceive. She has a false passport.
3. artificial. false teeth.
4. not loyal. false friends.
ˈfalsehood noun(the telling of) a lie. She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood.
ˈfalsify (-fӕi) verbto make false. He falsified the accounts.
ˌfalsifiˈcation (-fi-) nounˈfalsity nounfalse alarma warning of something which in fact does not happen.
false startin a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated.
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