falsifying

Variant of falsify

falsify definition

fal·sify (fôl′sə fī′)

noun falsified -·fied′, falsifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to make false; specif.,
    1. to give an untrue or misleading account of; misrepresent
    2. to alter (a record, etc.) fraudulently
  2. to prove or show to be untrue or unfounded to falsify their hopes

Etymology: ME falsifien < OFr falsifier < ML falsificare < L falsificus, that acts falsely < falsus, false + facere, to make, do

intransitive verb

to tell falsehoods; lie

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