01 v. t. To make false; to represent falsely.
imp. & p. p.
Falsified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Falsifying
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1.
To make false; to represent falsely.“The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man.” — Spenser.
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2.
To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
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3.
To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.“By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope.” — Shak.“Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffle and falsify the prediction.” — Addison.
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4.
To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word.
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5.
To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow.
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6.
To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.(Law)
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To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.(Equity)
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8.
To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.