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   falsify

   /ˈfɔːlsɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead: "a laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results" Similar forgefakecounterfeitfabricateinventalterchangedoctortamper withfudgemanipulatemassageadulteratepervertcorruptdebasemisrepresentmisreportdistortwarpembellishembroidercolourput a spin onrare:vitiate
   • 2. prove (a statement or theory) to be false: "the hypothesis is falsified by the evidence" Similar disproveshow to be falseprove unsoundrefuterebutdenydebunknegateinvalidatecontradictconfoundbe at odds withdemolishdiscreditinformal:shoot full of holesshoot down (in flames)blow sky-highblow out of the waterformal:confutegainsayrare:controvertnegative
   • ▪ fail to fulfil (a hope, fear, or expectation): "changes falsify individual expectations"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in falsify (sense 2)): from French falsifier or medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsificus ‘making false’, from falsus ‘false’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. falsifiability noun
   • 2. falsifiable adjective

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   What does falsify mean in a sentence?

   • It will be curious if the result, as not unfrequently happens, should be such as to falsify both conclusions. Falsify definition: to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive. See examples of FALSIFY used in a sentence.

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   What does falsified mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of FALSIFIED is made false : falsely created or altered in order to deceive. How to use falsified in a sentence.

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   What does falsificar mean?

   • falsificar, alterar, adulterar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! FALSIFY definition: 1. to change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people: 2. to change something…. Learn more.

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   What is another word for falsify?

   • Click here to teach me more about this clue! (Other definitions for falsify that I've seen before include "Alter in order to deceive" , "Alter so as to mislead" , "Cook - distort" , "Forge; misrepresent" , "Counterfeit" .) I've seen this clue in The Times.

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   FALSIFY definition: 1. to change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people: 2. to change something…. Learn more.

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     FALSIFY meaning: 1. to change something, such as a document,...

   • Znaczenie Falsify, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     falsify definicja: 1. to change something, such as a...

   • Falsify: Korean Translation

     falsify translate: 위조하다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     falsify translate: fałszować. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     FALSIFY translate: يُزيّف. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Falsify: Portuguese Translation

     FALSIFY translate: falsificar, alterar, adulterar,...

   • Falsify: Italian Translation

     falsify translate: falsificare, falsificare. Learn more in...

   • Falsify: Catalan Translation

     FALSIFY translate: falsificar. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   How to use falsify in a sentence. to prove or declare false : disprove; to make false: such as; to make false by mutilation or addition… See the full definition

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   Falsify definition: to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive. See examples of FALSIFY used in a sentence.

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   falsify: 1 v make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story Synonyms: distort , garble , warp Types: mangle , murder , mutilate alter so as to make unrecognizable Type of: belie , misrepresent represent falsely v falsify knowingly “She falsified the records” Antonyms: correct , rectify , right make right or correct Type of: ...

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   Define falsify. falsify synonyms, falsify pronunciation, falsify translation, English dictionary definition of falsify. v. fal·si·fied , fal·si·fy·ing , fal·si·fies v. tr. 1.

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   2 meanings: 1. to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive 2. to.... Click for more definitions.

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   falsify something to change a written record or information so that it is no longer true. to falsify data/records/accounts; She was arrested for falsifying information and obstructing the course of justice.