falsify
English
/ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.
- (transitive) To misrepresent.
- (transitive) To prove to be false.
- (transitive) To counterfeit; to forge.
- (transitive) To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
- (transitive) To baffle or escape.
- (transitive) To violate; to break by falsehood.
Etymology
Suffix from English false.
Origin
English
false
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- false English
- falsecard English
- falsed English
- falseface English
- falseful English
- falseheart English
- falsely English
- falsen English
- falseness English
- falsework English
- falsie English
- falsifiability English
- falsifiable English
- falsifiably English
- falsification English
- falsifier English
- falsifiest English
- falsifieth English
- falsing English
- falsish English
- falsism English
- falsity English
- falsy English
- nonfalse English
- nonfalsifiable English
- superfalse English
- unfalse English
- unfalsifiable English
- false Middle English