falsify

[ fawl-suh-fahy ]

/ ˈfɔl sə faɪ /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

apocryphal

Nearby words

falsework, falsie, falsies, falsifiable, falsification, falsify, falsity, falstaff, falstaffian, falster, faltboat

Origin of falsify

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

SYNONYMS FOR falsify

1, 3 See misrepresent.

4 rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert.

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Related forms

fal·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, noun

non·fal·si·fi·a·ble, adjectiveun·fal·si·fi·a·ble, adjectiveun·fal·si·fied, adjective

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Examples from the Web for 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What to make of all these ultimatums, those rescinded or falsified and those left on the table?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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
It is doubtful, however, whether Sally Bell's linguistic information could be falsified.
California Athabascan Groups|Martin A. Baumhoff

But tradition is not necessarily either a pure myth or a falsified account of facts.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800|Mary Frances Cusack
Runes she graved, Vingi them falsified, before he gave them from him; of ill he was the bearer.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
But the complaint at once arose that the Porte had falsified the popular vote.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878|C. A. Fyffe
But Eve Edgarton falsified the thought before he was half through thinking it.
Little Eve Edgarton|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for falsified

falsify

/ (ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ) /

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.