falsify

Speech parts

1. falsify - Adjective

2. falsify - Verb

Meaning

To make false; to represent falsely.

To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.

To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.

To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word.

To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow.

To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.

To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.

To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.

To tell lies; to violate the truth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cook warp interpolate fudge alter fake manipulate distort misrepresent garble wangle fib gaslight deacon doctor
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Antonyms

correct shew right support show evidence
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Hypernyms

turn chisel reverse cheat disprove misrepresent

Hyponyms

murder juggle mangle mutilate

Related terms

false falsehood falsity falseness

Phrases with the word

to falsify

Derivatives

falsified falsifying

Examples

Fudge the figures Source: Internet

cook the books Source: Internet

falsify the data Source: Internet

She falsified the records Source: Internet

Falsify a claim Source: Internet

As Popper put it, a decision is required on the part of the scientist to accept or reject the statements that go to make up a theory or that might falsify it. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

falsified memory falsifier falsifier of facts falsifying falsiness falsing