Definitions for falsifyˈfɔl sə faɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fal•si•fy*ˈfɔl sə faɪ(v.)-fied, -fy•ing.
(v.t.)to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive:
to falsify income-tax reports.
to fashion or alter fraudulently:
to falsify a signature.
to represent falsely:
to falsify one's family history.
to show or prove to be false; disprove; confute.
(v.i.)to make false statements.
* Syn: See misrepresent.
Origin of falsify:
1400–50; late ME < MF falsifier < LL falsificāre]
fal′si•fi`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
falsify, distort, garble, warp(verb)
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent(verb)
tamper, with the purpose of deception
"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
falsify(verb)
prove false
"Falsify a claim"
falsify(verb)
falsify knowingly
"She falsified the records"
interpolate, alter, falsify(verb)
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Wiktionary
falsify(Verb)
To alter so as to be false; to make incorrect.
falsify(Verb)
To misrepresent.
falsify(Verb)
To prove to be false.
Origin: From falsifier, from falsificare, present active infinitive of falsifico, from falsificus, from falsus, corresponding to .
Webster Dictionary
Falsify(adj)
to make false; to represent falsely
Falsify(adj)
to counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin
Falsify(adj)
to prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false
Falsify(adj)
to violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word
Falsify(adj)
to baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow
Falsify(adj)
to avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment
Falsify(adj)
to show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong
Falsify(adj)
to make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document
Falsify(verb)
to tell lies; to violate the truth
Translations for falsify
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- vervals, namaakAfrikaans
- يُزَيِّفArabic
- фалшифицирамBulgarian
- falsificarPortuguese (BR)
- padělatCzech
- fälschenGerman
- forfalskeDanish
- παραποιώGreek
- falsificarSpanish
- võltsimaEstonian
- دست بردن درFarsi
- väärentääFinnish
- falsifierFrench
- לְזַייֵףHebrew
- गोलमाल करनाHindi
- krivotvoriti, falsificiratiCroatian
- meghamisítHungarian
- memalsukanIndonesian
- falsaIcelandic
- falsificareItalian
- 偽造するJapanese
- 속이다Korean
- (su)klastotiLithuanian
- viltotLatvian
- memalsukanMalay
- vervalsenDutch
- forfalskeNorwegian
- fałszowaćPolish
- دست بردن درPersian
- غلط ختل، غلط اېستلPashto
- falsificarPortuguese
- a falsificaRomanian
- фальсифицироватьRussian
- sfalšovaťSlovak
- ponareditiSlovenian
- falsifikovatiSerbian
- förfalskaSwedish
- ทำให้ไม่ถูกต้อง; บิดเบือนThai
- çarpıtmak, değiştirmekTurkish
- 偽造Chinese (Trad.)
- фальсифікувати, підроблятиUkrainian
- جھوٹا ثابت کرناUrdu
- giả mạoVietnamese
- 伪造Chinese (Simp.)
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