— falsifiable , adj. — falsifiability , n. — falsification /fawl"seuh fi kay"sheuhn/ , n. — falsifier , n.
/fawl"seuh fuy/ , v. , falsified, falsifying .
v.t.
1. to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
2. to alter fraudulently.
3. to represent falsely: He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
4. to show or prove to be false; disprove: to falsify a theory.
v.i.
5. to make false statements.
[ 1400-50; late ME falsifien falsifier falsificare. See FALSE, -IFY ]
Syn. 1, 3. See misrepresent. 4. rebut, discredit, refute, confute, controvert.