falsify
falsify is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
- 2.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 baffie and falsify the prediction. Addison.
- 3.To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sir P. Sidney.
- 4.To baffie or escape; as, to falsify a blow. Bulter.
- 5.(Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone.
- 6.(Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. Story. Daniell.
- 7.To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.
- 8.To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- account
- accountable
- accountant
- acquit
- actuary
- and
- arithmetic
- assets
- audit
- auditor
- away
- bad
- balance
- bean
- bill
- book
- bookkeeper
- bookkeeping
- bring
- budget
- carry
- cash
- cast
- catachresis
- chartered
- check
- coloring
- commercial
- construction
- cook
- counter
- credit
- creditor
- cross
- cross-reading
- current
- day
- debit
- debtor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is falsify.
- What is to counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin called?
- What is to violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sir P. Sidney called?
- What is to baffie or escape; as, to falsify a blow. Bulter called?
- What is to avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone called?
- What is to show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. Story. Daniell called?
- What is to make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document called?
- What is to tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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