单词 | falsify |
释义 | falsify —falsifiable, adj. —falsifiability, n. —falsification /fawl"seuh fi kay"sheuhn/, n. —falsifier, n. /fawl"seuh fuy/, v. , falsified, falsifying. v.t. 1. to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports. 2. to alter fraudulently. 3. to represent falsely: He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins. 4. to show or prove to be false; disprove: to falsify a theory. v.i. 5. to make false statements. [1400-50; late ME falsifien < MF falsifier < LL falsificare. See FALSE, -IFY] Syn. 1, 3. See misrepresent. 4. rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert. |
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