Falsify Definition

fôlsə-fī
falsified, falsifies, falsifying
verb
falsified, falsifies, falsifying
To state untruthfully; misrepresent.
American Heritage
To make false by altering or adding to.
Falsify testimony.
American Heritage
To tell falsehoods; lie.
Webster's New World
To counterfeit; forge.
Falsify a visa.
American Heritage
To declare or prove to be false.
American Heritage
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noun
To make false.
Webster's New World
To prove or show to be untrue or unfounded.
To falsify their hopes.
Webster's New World

Origin of Falsify

  • From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, present active infinitive of falsificō (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false +‎ -ify.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English falsifien from Old French falsifier from Late Latin falsificāre Latin falsus false false Latin -ficāre -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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