falsify
[ fawl-suh-fahy ]
/ ˈfɔl sə faɪ /
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
SYNONYMS FOR falsify
1, 3 See
misrepresent.
4 rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert.
OTHER WORDS FROM falsify
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British Dictionary definitions for falsification
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 forms of falsify
falsifiable, adjective falsification (ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), noun falsifier, nounWord Origin for falsify
C15: from Old French
falsifier, from Late Latin
falsificāre, from Latin
falsus
false +
facere to make
Medical definitions for falsification
falsification
[ fôl′sə-fĭ-kā′shən ]
n.
The deliberate act of misrepresentation so as to deceive.