Falsify (Verb)
Meaning 1
Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- The ancient text's authenticity was disputed after scholars discovered an attempt to falsify its historical account with forged additions.
- She was accused of trying to falsify the company's records by altering dates on key documents.
- His attempt to falsify the message his boss sent was discovered when a copy of the original was found in the trash.
- Historians are still debating whether a translator's error was used to intentionally falsify the treaty's original intent.
- A scandal erupted after it was discovered that a group of editors conspired to falsify a news article to promote their own agenda.
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Meaning 3
Falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 5
Prove false; "Falsify a claim".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.