falsify

Pronunciation: /ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/

The English word “falsify” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
To misrepresent.
To counterfeit; to forge.
To prove to be false.
To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
To baffle or escape.
To violate; to break by falsehood.

Etymology

From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false + -ify.

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