01 n. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
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The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.“To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications.” — Bacon.
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Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.“Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance.” — Bp. Warburton.
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The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.(Equity)