falsify

[fawl-suh-fahy]

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verb (used with object), fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing.

to make false statements.

Origin of falsify

1400–50; late Middle English falsifien < Middle French falsifier < Late Latin falsificāre. See false, -ify

Related formsfal·si·fi·a·ble, adjectivefal·si·fi·a·bil·i·ty, nounfal·si·fi·ca·tion

[fawl-suh-fi-key-shuh n] /ˈfɔl sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, nounfal·si·fi·er, nounnon·fal·si·fi·a·ble, adjectiveun·fal·si·fi·a·ble, adjectiveun·fal·si·fied, adjective

Synonyms for falsify

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1, 3. See misrepresent. 4. rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert.

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Contemporary Examples of falsified

What to make of all these ultimatums, those rescinded or falsified and those left on the table?
The History and Logic of Military Ultimatums, From Suez to Crimea
Jacob Siegel
March 4, 2014
Two-plus years ago, Taranto and I had an exchange over Andrew Breitbart's promotion of a falsified video.
James Taranto, Heckler?
David Frum
January 31, 2013
The 17th floor not only produced the falsified statements, they did the accounting for our office on 19.
Madoff Employee Breaks Silence
Lucinda Franks
March 19, 2009

Historical Examples of falsified

They know—you compel me to be blunt—that the accounts have been falsified.
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini
It can be falsified, it can be effaced, it can be even doubted.
Tales Of Hearsay
Joseph Conrad
The sides then are unequal; and as a consequence the result of the struggle is falsified.
Evolution in Modern Thought
Ernst Haeckel
His labours were of no avail; his prophecies were falsified.
Art in England
Dutton Cook
If lies were necessary, they would lie; where falsification was wanted, they falsified.
Tristram of Blent
Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for falsified

falsify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
to prove false; disprove

Derived Formsfalsifiable, adjectivefalsification (ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), nounfalsifier, noun

Word Origin for falsify

C15: from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, from Latin falsus false + facere to make

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Word Origin and History for falsified

falsify

mid-15c., "to prove false," from Middle French falsifier (15c.), from Late Latin falsificare (see falsify). Meaning "to make false" is from c.1500. Earlier verb was simply falsen (c.1200). Related: Falsified; falsifying.