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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story;
[syn: falsify, distort, garble, warp]

2. tamper, with the purpose of deception;
- Example: "Fudge the figures"
- Example: "cook the books"
- Example: "falsify the data"
[syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent]

3. prove false;
- Example: "Falsify a claim"

4. falsify knowingly;
- Example: "She falsified the records"

5. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby;
[syn: interpolate, alter, falsify]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. i. To tell lies; to violate the truth. [1913 Webster] It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. [1913 Webster] South. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Falsify \Fal"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Falsified; p. pr. & vb. n. Falsifying.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F. falsifier. See False, a.] 1. To make false; to represent falsely. [1913 Webster] The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin. [1913 Webster] 3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false. [1913 Webster] By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffle and falsify the prediction. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 5. To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. --Butler. [1913 Webster] 6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. --Story. Daniell. [1913 Webster] 8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

falsify v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: falsify, distort, garble, warp] 2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 3: prove false; "Falsify a claim" 4: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" [ant: correct, rectify, right] 5: insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [syn: interpolate, alter, falsify]