falsifyv.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːlsᵻfʌɪ/,

/ˈfɒlsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ/,

/ˈfɑlsəˌfaɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s falsifie, 1500s falcefy, falsefye, falsifye.

Etymology: < French falsifier, < late Latin falsificāre , < Latin falsificus making false, < falsus false adj.: see -fy suffix.

1. transitive. To make false or incorrect.

a. To alter fraudulently; to introduce false matter into or give an incorrect version of (a document, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)] > alter fraudulently

falsec1380

falsify1502

sophisticate1605

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)]

false1303

forgec1330

counterfeitc1386

deceit1484

falsify1502

forge1535

sophisticate1605

doctor1750

fabricate1779

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. viii. sig. t.ii To falsefye the letters of the pope.

a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D^v Those they haue falsified of late purposely.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 204 They did not therefore falsifie the Scriptures.

1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. v. 28 Funeral Orations had contributed very much to falsify History.

a1832 J. Mackintosh Rise & Fall Struensee in Wks. (1846) II. 396 Accused..of having falsified the public accounts.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xx. 237 He..falsified the document by the substitution of a paragraph.

b. To give a false account of; to misrepresent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)]

disguise1398

colourc1400

abuse?a1439

wrest1524

beliec1531

to spell (one) backward1600

misuse1609

bowa1616

falsify1630

misrepresent1633

traduce1643

garble1659

miscolour1661

misrender1674

travesty1825

misdescribe1827

skew1872

misportray1925

1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 118 Which falsifies the eternall truth.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 152 Aemylius Probus mistook, or falsifies Thucydides.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 252. ⁋1 Good-breeding has made the Tongue falsify the Heart.

1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 379 He sat..in his lonely island, coldly falsifying facts and dates.

absolute.1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1779 II. 300 Johnson: Lord Bathurst did not intentionally falsify.1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 510 Not that Johnson designedly falsified.1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 94 I falsified and fabricated.

†c. To assert falsely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)]

feigna1300

liea1300

pretend1395

belie1561

misallege1566

pretence1567

perjurea1586

soothe1591

falsify1606

mislaya1626

misaffirma1631

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > assert or attribute falsely

to feign (a slander, fault) upon, against1535

falsify1606

affain1632

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 24 b How they might take away his life, either by treason to be falsified against him, or [etc.].

†d. To adulterate. Also of disease: To corrupt, vitiate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value

lowa1513

embase1551

falsify1562

deprave1581

delay1586

debase1602

descry1602

decry1617

depreciate1656

discredit1721

devalue1918

devalorize1925

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate

adulterc1384

feigna1398

sophisticatec1400

infect?1440

counterfeit1495

adulterate?1526

dash1548

falsify1562

elay1573

abuse1574

base1581

corrupt1581

debase1591

adulterize1593

compass1594

sophisticate1604

allay1634

huckster1642

hucksterize1646

cauponize1652

alloy1661

balderdash1674

impurify1693

doctor1726

vitiate1728

sand1851

dope1898

1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 11 §1 Divers..Persons..diminish, impair and falsify the Monies and Coins current within this Realm.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 385 Those who..falsifie Merchandizes.

1656 Manasseh ben Israel Vindiciæ Judæorum vi. 35 Verdigrease..all falsified with earth.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. vi. 233 By diseases the joint water or radical humor is falsified.

e. To make (a balance or standard) untrue.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > material things > balance or standard

falsify1611

1611 Bible (King James) Amos viii. 5 Falsifying the balances by deceit.

a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) viii. 404 We are not compelled to falsify our standards.

f. To alter or pervert from correct rule.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)] > alter from correct rule

falsify1589

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. viii. 67 There can not be..a fowler fault, then to falsifie his accent to serue his cadence.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 391 He [sc. Spenser] falsified accentuation, to adapt it to his metre.

g. To make unsound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally > make unsound

falsify1868

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 6 An unhappy spirit..falsified the relation between the parties.

h. Used by Dryden in avowed imitation of Italian falsare: (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > make vulnerable

unarm1569

falsify1697

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 His ample Shield Is falsify'd, and round with Jav'lins fill'd.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 (note) I use the word falsify in this place to mean that the shield of Turnus was not of proof against the spears and javelins of the Trojans.

†2.

a. To produce a counterfeit of; to counterfeit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > material things

counterfeitc1386

marshalc1450

falsify1601

water1646

to quack titles1715

distress1943

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 613 After that crystall was once found out, they deuised to sophisticat and falsifie other gems therewith.

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 124 They stampt and falsified the best ancient Medals so well.

b. To get up in imitation of something else. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 The Lapidarie [counterfeits] pearles and pretious stones by glasse and other substances falsified, and sophisticate by arte.

a. To declare or prove to be false.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > by proving error or weakness

reprovea1398

falsifyc1449

enervate1565

convince1583

disprove1584

imposture1622

distest1647

disauthenticate1658

convict1717

negative1790

unsubstantiate1799

to show up1893

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 Forto falsifie this present xiij^e. conclusioun.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 196 He shall haue cause, neither to falsifie the one opinion lightly, nor to faithe the other vnaduisedly.

1805 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 42 No man can falsify any material fact here stated.

1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. ix Relinquishing all claim to respect by falsifying their own affirmations.

1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) i. 23 The rights of conscience belong so much to the morality of society now, that they must falsify any moral creed opposed to them.

b. esp. in Law (see quots.). to falsify a doom (Sc.): = to false a doom at false v. 5.

ΚΠ

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xiii It shall not lye in the mouthe of the tenaunte to falsefy or defette the recouere whyche was agaynste his lorde.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 104 b To falsifie in legall understanding is to prove false, that is, to avoid or..to defeat.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §382. 165 His wife shall falsifie this recovery in a writ of dower.

1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 945 The sentence was conclusive evidence to falsify the warranty.

1854 J. W. Smith Man. Equity 210 To give liberty to..falsify the account.

c. To fail in fulfilling, or prevent the fulfilment of (a prediction, expectation, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > leave undone or fail to carry out > not fulfil

falsify1598

to come scant of1607

disfulfil1818

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 208 By so much shall I falsifie mens hopes.

a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. (1730) viii. 66 Jews and Pagans united all their endeavours..to baffle and falsify the prediction.

1851 W. Collins Rambles beyond Railways (1852) vii. 124 The prognostications of our Cornish friends were pleasantly falsified.

1884 Liverpool Daily Post 10 July 5 To consider..whether we are contented to falsify his high regard for us.

†4. intransitive. To make a false representation or statement; to deal in falsehoods. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)]

lie971

leasec1000

triflec1305

gabc1330

fablec1525

fitten1577

falsify1629

Cretize1655

a bottle of smoke1787

wrinkle1819

blague1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > represent falsely [verb (intransitive)]

to lie of (arch.), on, upona1200

travestize1813

falsifya1816

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 112 Iulian was contemned by the Souldiery, for falsifying with them.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ii. 6 His wisdome will hardly permit him to falsifie with the Almighty.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 338 The practice of falsifying with men will lead us on insensibly to a double-dealing with God himself.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxv. 183 Would you either falsify or prevaricate?

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 53 To propagate a malicious truth wantonly is more despicable than to falsify from revenge.

†5. transitive. To prove false to, fail to keep; to break, violate (one's faith, word, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)]

breakOE

to-breaka1067

false1303

forleta1325

loosec1400

to fall from ——a1425

renouncec1450

violate?a1475

enfrain1477

failc1500

falsify1532

transverse1532

infringe1533

crack1576

recess1581

recant1585

digress1592

strain1592

burst1600

equivocate1629

falsy1629

forfeit1654

to break through1712

infract1798

waive1833

welsh1925

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 585/1 I shall..finde Tindal himself so good a felow, as to falcefy his own wordes here & beare a poore man company.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. I3^v Æneas..falsified his faith to Dido.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 205 Falsifying that Oath, by night with all the Horse they had..stole to Exeter.

†6. intransitive. To prove faint; to fail, give way. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1668 S. Pepys Diary 27 Aug. (1976) IX. 290 My heart beginning to falsify in this business.

†7. Fencing. To feign (a blow); to make (a blow) under cover of a feint. Also absol. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (transitive)] > actions

to traverse one's ground1577

lock1579

falsify1595

pass1595

button1615

touch1622

stringere1688

repost1691

quart1692

riposte1707

time1765

whip1861

1595 V. Saviolo Practise i. i If you perceiue..that he go about to falsifie vpon you..put your selfe in your ward.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xlii. 102 Now strikes he out, and now he falsifieth.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King i. sig. B2 Tigranes falsified a blow at your leg, which you..auoided.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. x. 94 One of them making offer at..his necke with a Halbert, and falsifying his blowe, hit him vnder the short ribbe.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 219 As th' are wont to falsify a Blow.

Derivatives

ˈfalsified adj.

ΚΠ

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. vi. sig. Llll.v/2 They do defile and blemishe the wordes of God, whiche decke them with straunge and falsified titles.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 292 Your falsified faith.

1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 2 With the falsifi'd names of Loyalty and Obedience, to colour over their base compliances.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 July 6/1 The falsified prediction is a good omen.

ˈfalsifying n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. 178 Lies, Corruptions, and Falsifieinges.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 78 Cloth, which by reason of exceeding falsifying and deernesse of ours, groweth euery day into more and more request.

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 88 He shewed such excellent dexterity, in warding the other's blows, slighting his falsifyings.

1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. Pref. 14 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) Purifying it..from the falsifying alloy.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Feinting or Falsifying.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	falsify
释义	† falsifyn. Etymology: < falsify v. (sense 7). Fencing. Obsolete. The action of ‘falsifying’ a blow; a feint. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions buttc1330 overheadc1400 stopc1450 quarter-strokea1456 rabbeta1500 rakea1500 traverse1547 flourish1552 quarter-blow1555 veny1578 alarm1579 venue1591 cut1593 time1594 caricado1595 fincture1595 imbroccata1595 mandritta1595 punta riversa1595 remove1595 stramazon1595 traversa1595 imbrocado1597 passado1597 counter-time1598 foinery1598 canvasado1601 montant1601 punto1601 stock1602 embrocadoc1604 pass1604 stuck1604 stramazo1606 home thrust1622 longee1625 falsify?1635 false1637 traversion1637 canvassa1641 parade1652 flanconade1664 parry1673 fore-stroke1674 allonge1675 contretemps1684 counter1684 disengaging1684 feint1684 passing1687 under-counter1687 stringere1688 stringering1688 tempo1688 volte1688 overlapping1692 repost1692 volt-coupe1692 volting1692 disarm?1700 stamp1705 passade1706 riposte1707 swoop1711 retreat1734 lunge1748 beat1753 disengage1771 disengagement1771 opposition1771 time thrust1771 timing1771 whip1771 shifting1793 one-two1809 one-two-three1809 salute1809 estramazone1820 remise1823 engage1833 engaging1833 risposta1838 lunging1847 moulinet1861 reprise1861 stop-thrust1861 engagement1881 coupé1889 scrape1889 time attack1889 traverse1892 cut-over1897 tac-au-tac riposte1907 flèche1928 replacement1933 punta dritta1961 ?1635 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia (new ed.) iii. 135 Amphialus..let flye A downe right blow; but with a falsifie Reverst the stroke. 1640 J. Shirley Coronation i. sig. C A falsify may spoyle his cringe, Or making of a legge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). falsifyv. Brit. /ˈfɔːlsᵻfʌɪ/, /ˈfɒlsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ/, /ˈfɑlsəˌfaɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s falsifie, 1500s falcefy, falsefye, falsifye. Etymology: < French falsifier, < late Latin falsificāre , < Latin falsificus making false, < falsus false adj.: see -fy suffix. 1. transitive. To make false or incorrect. a. To alter fraudulently; to introduce false matter into or give an incorrect version of (a document, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)] > alter fraudulently falsec1380 falsify1502 sophisticate1605 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] false1303 forgec1330 counterfeitc1386 deceit1484 falsify1502 forge1535 sophisticate1605 doctor1750 fabricate1779 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. viii. sig. t.ii To falsefye the letters of the pope. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D^v Those they haue falsified of late purposely. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 204 They did not therefore falsifie the Scriptures. 1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. v. 28 Funeral Orations had contributed very much to falsify History. a1832 J. Mackintosh Rise & Fall Struensee in Wks. (1846) II. 396 Accused..of having falsified the public accounts. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xx. 237 He..falsified the document by the substitution of a paragraph. b. To give a false account of; to misrepresent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] disguise1398 colourc1400 abuse?a1439 wrest1524 beliec1531 to spell (one) backward1600 misuse1609 bowa1616 falsify1630 misrepresent1633 traduce1643 garble1659 miscolour1661 misrender1674 travesty1825 misdescribe1827 skew1872 misportray1925 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 118 Which falsifies the eternall truth. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 152 Aemylius Probus mistook, or falsifies Thucydides. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 252. ⁋1 Good-breeding has made the Tongue falsify the Heart. 1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 379 He sat..in his lonely island, coldly falsifying facts and dates. absolute.1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1779 II. 300 Johnson: Lord Bathurst did not intentionally falsify.1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 510 Not that Johnson designedly falsified.1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 94 I falsified and fabricated. †c. To assert falsely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)] feigna1300 liea1300 pretend1395 belie1561 misallege1566 pretence1567 perjurea1586 soothe1591 falsify1606 mislaya1626 misaffirma1631 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > assert or attribute falsely to feign (a slander, fault) upon, against1535 falsify1606 affain1632 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 24 b How they might take away his life, either by treason to be falsified against him, or [etc.]. †d. To adulterate. Also of disease: To corrupt, vitiate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value lowa1513 embase1551 falsify1562 deprave1581 delay1586 debase1602 descry1602 decry1617 depreciate1656 discredit1721 devalue1918 devalorize1925 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate adulterc1384 feigna1398 sophisticatec1400 infect?1440 counterfeit1495 adulterate?1526 dash1548 falsify1562 elay1573 abuse1574 base1581 corrupt1581 debase1591 adulterize1593 compass1594 sophisticate1604 allay1634 huckster1642 hucksterize1646 cauponize1652 alloy1661 balderdash1674 impurify1693 doctor1726 vitiate1728 sand1851 dope1898 1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 11 §1 Divers..Persons..diminish, impair and falsify the Monies and Coins current within this Realm. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 385 Those who..falsifie Merchandizes. 1656 Manasseh ben Israel Vindiciæ Judæorum vi. 35 Verdigrease..all falsified with earth. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. vi. 233 By diseases the joint water or radical humor is falsified. e. To make (a balance or standard) untrue. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > material things > balance or standard falsify1611 1611 Bible (King James) Amos viii. 5 Falsifying the balances by deceit. View more context for this quotation a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) viii. 404 We are not compelled to falsify our standards. f. To alter or pervert from correct rule. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > put into metre [verb (transitive)] > alter from correct rule falsify1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. viii. 67 There can not be..a fowler fault, then to falsifie his accent to serue his cadence. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 391 He [sc. Spenser] falsified accentuation, to adapt it to his metre. g. To make unsound. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally > make unsound falsify1868 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 6 An unhappy spirit..falsified the relation between the parties. h. Used by Dryden in avowed imitation of Italian falsare: (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > make vulnerable unarm1569 falsify1697 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 His ample Shield Is falsify'd, and round with Jav'lins fill'd. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 496 (note) I use the word falsify in this place to mean that the shield of Turnus was not of proof against the spears and javelins of the Trojans. †2. a. To produce a counterfeit of; to counterfeit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > material things counterfeitc1386 marshalc1450 falsify1601 water1646 to quack titles1715 distress1943 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 613 After that crystall was once found out, they deuised to sophisticat and falsifie other gems therewith. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 124 They stampt and falsified the best ancient Medals so well. b. To get up in imitation of something else. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 The Lapidarie [counterfeits] pearles and pretious stones by glasse and other substances falsified, and sophisticate by arte. 3. a. To declare or prove to be false. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > by proving error or weakness reprovea1398 falsifyc1449 enervate1565 convince1583 disprove1584 imposture1622 distest1647 disauthenticate1658 convict1717 negative1790 unsubstantiate1799 to show up1893 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 Forto falsifie this present xiij^e. conclusioun. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 196 He shall haue cause, neither to falsifie the one opinion lightly, nor to faithe the other vnaduisedly. 1805 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 42 No man can falsify any material fact here stated. 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. ix Relinquishing all claim to respect by falsifying their own affirmations. 1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) i. 23 The rights of conscience belong so much to the morality of society now, that they must falsify any moral creed opposed to them. b. esp. in Law (see quots.). to falsify a doom (Sc.): = to false a doom at false v. 5. ΚΠ 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xiii It shall not lye in the mouthe of the tenaunte to falsefy or defette the recouere whyche was agaynste his lorde. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 104 b To falsifie in legall understanding is to prove false, that is, to avoid or..to defeat. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §382. 165 His wife shall falsifie this recovery in a writ of dower. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 945 The sentence was conclusive evidence to falsify the warranty. 1854 J. W. Smith Man. Equity 210 To give liberty to..falsify the account. c. To fail in fulfilling, or prevent the fulfilment of (a prediction, expectation, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > leave undone or fail to carry out > not fulfil falsify1598 to come scant of1607 disfulfil1818 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 208 By so much shall I falsifie mens hopes. View more context for this quotation a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. (1730) viii. 66 Jews and Pagans united all their endeavours..to baffle and falsify the prediction. 1851 W. Collins Rambles beyond Railways (1852) vii. 124 The prognostications of our Cornish friends were pleasantly falsified. 1884 Liverpool Daily Post 10 July 5 To consider..whether we are contented to falsify his high regard for us. †4. intransitive. To make a false representation or statement; to deal in falsehoods. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] lie971 leasec1000 triflec1305 gabc1330 fablec1525 fitten1577 falsify1629 Cretize1655 a bottle of smoke1787 wrinkle1819 blague1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > represent falsely [verb (intransitive)] to lie of (arch.), on, upona1200 travestize1813 falsifya1816 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 112 Iulian was contemned by the Souldiery, for falsifying with them. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ii. 6 His wisdome will hardly permit him to falsifie with the Almighty. View more context for this quotation 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 338 The practice of falsifying with men will lead us on insensibly to a double-dealing with God himself. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxv. 183 Would you either falsify or prevaricate? a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 53 To propagate a malicious truth wantonly is more despicable than to falsify from revenge. †5. transitive. To prove false to, fail to keep; to break, violate (one's faith, word, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)] breakOE to-breaka1067 false1303 forleta1325 loosec1400 to fall from ——a1425 renouncec1450 violate?a1475 enfrain1477 failc1500 falsify1532 transverse1532 infringe1533 crack1576 recess1581 recant1585 digress1592 strain1592 burst1600 equivocate1629 falsy1629 forfeit1654 to break through1712 infract1798 waive1833 welsh1925 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 585/1 I shall..finde Tindal himself so good a felow, as to falcefy his own wordes here & beare a poore man company. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. I3^v Æneas..falsified his faith to Dido. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 205 Falsifying that Oath, by night with all the Horse they had..stole to Exeter. †6. intransitive. To prove faint; to fail, give way. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1668 S. Pepys Diary 27 Aug. (1976) IX. 290 My heart beginning to falsify in this business. †7. Fencing. To feign (a blow); to make (a blow) under cover of a feint. Also absol. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (transitive)] > actions to traverse one's ground1577 lock1579 falsify1595 pass1595 button1615 touch1622 stringere1688 repost1691 quart1692 riposte1707 time1765 whip1861 1595 V. Saviolo Practise i. i If you perceiue..that he go about to falsifie vpon you..put your selfe in your ward. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xlii. 102 Now strikes he out, and now he falsifieth. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King i. sig. B2 Tigranes falsified a blow at your leg, which you..auoided. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. x. 94 One of them making offer at..his necke with a Halbert, and falsifying his blowe, hit him vnder the short ribbe. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 219 As th' are wont to falsify a Blow. Derivatives ˈfalsified adj. ΚΠ 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. vi. sig. Llll.v/2 They do defile and blemishe the wordes of God, whiche decke them with straunge and falsified titles. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 292 Your falsified faith. 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 2 With the falsifi'd names of Loyalty and Obedience, to colour over their base compliances. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 July 6/1 The falsified prediction is a good omen. ˈfalsifying n. and adj. ΚΠ 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. 178 Lies, Corruptions, and Falsifieinges. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 78 Cloth, which by reason of exceeding falsifying and deernesse of ours, groweth euery day into more and more request. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 88 He shewed such excellent dexterity, in warding the other's blows, slighting his falsifyings. 1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. Pref. 14 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) Purifying it..from the falsifying alloy. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Feinting or Falsifying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1635v.c1449
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