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Falsify Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Falsify has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

2

tamper, with the purpose of deception

"Fudge the figures"

"cook the books"

"falsify the data"

3

prove false

"Falsify a claim"

4

falsify knowingly

"She falsified the records"

5

insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

6

To alter so as to make false; to make incorrect.

Example Sentences
"Fudge the figures" verb
"cook the books" verb
"falsify the data" verb
"Falsify a claim" verb
"She falsified the records" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
rectify
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
misrepresent cheat disprove change by reversal edit
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mangle juggle
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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