† apocryphadj.n.
Obsolete. By-form of apocryphal adj. and n.
A. adj.
Of unestablished authenticity, apocryphal.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Apocrypha > [adjective]
apocryph1549
Apocrypha1590
apocryphal1615
apocryphous1677
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [adjective]
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Apocrypha1387
counterfeit1393
surmised?1518
apocryph1549
unauthentical1549
suborned1550
apocryphal1590
disauthentic1591
suppositive1598
supposititious1600
surreptitious1615
spurious1624
unauthentic1631
ungenuine1665
ingenuine1675
nothal1716
apocryphical1719
fabricate1755
doctored1853
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > canon > [adjective] > not
Apocrypha1387
uncanonized1548
apocryph1549
acanonical1753
uncanonical1835
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jude Argt. f. xxiv The boke of Enoch which is Apocryphe, that is to say, without autoritie.
B. n.
An apocryphal document.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > instance of
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supposition1581
counterfeit1613
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 356 The contrarie parti is an apocrif.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 366 The seid epistle is an vntrewe apocrife.
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