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Meaning of 'falsify' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Falsify [ a.]
- To make false; to represent falsely.
- To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
- To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.
- To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word.
- To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow.
- To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.
- To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
- To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.
2 . Falsify [ v. i.]
- To tell lies; to violate the truth.

Meaning of 'falsify' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . falsify [ v]
Meaning (1):
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
Example in sentence:
  • cook the books;
  • falsify the data;
  • Fudge the figures
Meaning (2):
- prove false
Example in sentence:
  • Falsify a claim
Meaning (3):
- falsify knowingly
Example in sentence:
  • She falsified the records

Nearby Words:

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