Falsify



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.窜改; 说谎
• ［英］ v.窜改 ( to altera record, etc.fraudulently) ; 说谎 ( to tell falsehoods; lie)
• ［记］ fals ( 假) +ify -> 弄假 -> 窜改
• ［例］ The commander decided to falsify the report to trick the enemy.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English falsifien, from Middle French falsifier, from Medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsus
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to prove or declare false ; disprove
  • 2. to make false: as
    • a. to make false by mutilation or addition <the accounts were falsified to conceal a theft>
    • b. to represent falsely ; misrepresent
  • 3. to prove unsound by experience
• intransitive verb
  • to tell lies ; lie
• ? falsifiability noun
• ? falsifiable adjective
• ? falsification noun
• ? falsifier noun

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