Fal"si*fy , v. i. To tell lies; to violate the truth.
It
is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify.
South.
Fal"si*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Falsified (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Falsifying.]
[L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F. falsifier. See False, a.] 1. To make false; to represent falsely.
The Irish bards use to forge
and falsify everything as they list, to
please or displease any man.
Spenser.
2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to
falsify coin.
3. 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.
4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sir P. Sidney.
5. To baffle or escape; as, to
falsify a blow. Butler.
6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone.
7. (Equity) To show, in
accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. Story. Daniell.
8. To make false
by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.
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