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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fal·si·fy (-fied ; -fy·ing) 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 Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 falsify fals·ify / 5fC:lsifai / verb(fal·si·fies, fal·si·fy·ing, fal·si·fied, fal·si·fied) [VN] to change a written record or information so that it is no longer true 篡改,伪造(文字记录、信息) • fal·si·fi·ca·tion / 7fC:lsifi5keiFn / noun [U, C] : the deliberate falsification of the company's records 对公司记录的故意篡改 OLT falsify verb ⇨ distort Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fal·si·fy \-ˌfī\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English falsifien, from Middle French falsifier, from Medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsus false + -ificare -ify — more at false transitive verb 1. : to prove to be false : confute < other records or traces which seemed to falsify the hypothesis based on the records that I found — H.N.Lee > specifically : to prove false so as legally to avoid, defeat, or rectify < falsify a judgment > 2. a. : to make false by mutilation or addition : tamper with < falsify a passport > < falsify a will > b. : counterfeit , forge , adulterate < producing falsified champagne for sale to hotels > 3. obsolete : to cause (as one's word) to be violated or betrayed 4. : to prove unsound or untrue by experience : disappoint , frustrate < its spacious promises of a new era have almost every one of them been falsified — W.M.Citrine > 5. : to represent falsely : misrepresent , distort < contended that the history of early Virginia had been falsified by the Court party in England — T.J.Wertenbaker > < a low-priced sunglass lens said to be completely effective without falsifying the colors seen through it — Newsweek > < the novelist has distorted the characters and falsified their motives — Bernard De Voto > intransitive verb 1. : to violate the truth : tell lies < impressed with the fact that he has falsified in his answer — H.G.Armstrong > 2. : to engage in misrepresentation or distortion < his account falsifies from beginning to end > |
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