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   Fal·si·fy

   /ˈfôlsəˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. alter (information or evidence) so as to mislead: "a laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results" Similar forgefakecounterfeitfabricateinventalterchangedoctortamper withfudgemanipulatemassageadulteratepervertcorruptdebasemisrepresentmisreportdistortwarpembellishembroidercolorput a spin onrare:vitiate
   • ▪ forge or alter (a document) fraudulently: "falsified documents" Similar forgefakecounterfeitfabricateinventalterchangedoctortamper withfudgemanipulatemassageadulteratepervertcorruptdebasemisrepresentmisreportdistortwarpembellishembroidercolorput a spin onrare:vitiate
   • 2. prove (a statement or theory) to be false: "the hypothesis is falsified by the evidence" Similar disproveshow to be falseprove unsoundrefuterebutdenydebunknegateinvalidatecontradictconfoundbe at odds withdemolishdiscreditinformal:shoot full of holesshoot down (in flames)blow sky-highblow out of the waterformal:confutegainsayrare:controvertnegative
   • ▪ fail to fulfill (a hope, fear, or expectation); remove the justification for: "changes falsify individual expectations"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in falsify (sense 2)): from French falsifier or medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsificus ‘making false’, from falsus ‘false’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. falsifiability noun
   • 2. falsifiable adjective

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