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falsify.

To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ//ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ/
  1. To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.

    transitive
    to falsify a record or document
  2. To misrepresent.

    transitive
  3. To counterfeit; to forge.

    transitive
    to falsify money
  4. To prove to be false.

    transitive
  5. To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.

    transitive
  6. To baffle or escape.

    obsolete · transitive
  7. To violate; to break by falsehood.

    obsolete · transitive
    to falsify one's faith or word
Where this word comes from

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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