falsify
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
to alter fraudulently.
to represent falsely: He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
to show or prove to be false; disprove: to falsify a theory.
to make false statements.
Origin of falsify
1synonym study For falsify
Other words for falsify
Other words from falsify
- fal·si·fi·a·ble [fawl-suh-fahy-uh-buhl] /ˌfɔl səˈfaɪ ə bəl/ adjective
- fal·si·fi·ca·tion [fawl-suh-fi-key-shuhn], /ˌfɔl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- fal·si·fi·er, noun
- un·fal·si·fied, adjective
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How to use falsify in a sentence
Theology is a deliberate falsification that points toward a deeper truth.
They face charges of benefits fraud in addition to falsification of documents.
Little Maria Put In Bulgarian Foster Care | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd as with plagiariam, Ambrose's habit of falsification and the propensity to error was a repeat offense.
Can you not see that the work of falsification which a play demands is of all tasks the most ungrateful?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonIf lies were necessary, they would lie; where falsification was wanted, they falsified.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony Hope
The present device of falsification was merely a play for time and would serve a very transitory purpose.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckGerman historical teaching became an immense systematic falsification of the human past, with a view to the Hohenzollern future.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsA falsification of that will is an offense against the State where it is committed, and against all the States.
The Vote That Made the President | David Dudley Field
British Dictionary definitions for falsify
/ (ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ) /
to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
to prove false; disprove
Origin of falsify
1Derived forms of falsify
- falsifiable, adjective
- falsification (ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), noun
- falsifier, noun
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