"falsify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/, /ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-falsify.ogg Forms: falsifies [present, singular, third-person], falsifying [participle, present], falsified [participle, past], falsified [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlsɪfaɪ, -ɔːlsɪfaɪ Etymology: From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, present active infinitive of falsificō (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false + -ify. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|falsifier}} French falsifier, {{der|en|LL.|falsificāre}} Late Latin falsificāre, {{der|en|la|falsificus}} Latin falsificus, {{suffix|en|false|ify}} false + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} falsify (third-person singular simple present falsifies, present participle falsifying, simple past and past participle falsified), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive. Tags: transitive Translations (to alter so as to be false): կեղծել (keġcel) (Armenian), фальсіфікава́ць (falʹsifikavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), фалшифици́рам (falšificíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), подпра́вям (podprávjam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), подпра́вя (podprávja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), falsificar (Catalan), falsejar (Catalan), vervalsen (Dutch), falsi (Esperanto), väärentää (Finnish), falsifier (French), falsificar (Galician), hamisít (Hungarian), meghamisít (Hungarian), 改竄する (kaizan suru) (alt: かいざんする) (Japanese), 偽造 (gizō suru) (alt: ぎぞうする) (Japanese), 위조하다 (wijohada) (Korean), ēmentior (Latin), vitio (Latin), tahupera (Maori), aweke (Maori), whakatapeha (Maori), fałszować [imperfective] (Polish), podrabiać [imperfective] (Polish), sfingować [perfective] (Polish), falsyfikować [imperfective] (Polish), falsificar (Portuguese), denatura (Romanian), falsifica (Romanian), фальсифици́ровать (falʹsificírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сфальсифици́ровать (sfalʹsificírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), подде́лывать (poddélyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подде́лать (poddélatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), falsificar (Spanish), falsear (Spanish), adulterar (Spanish), фальсифікува́ти (falʹsyfikuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-xmwbPl1Q Disambiguation of 'to alter so as to be false': 64 0 4 26 1 2 3
  2. To misrepresent. Tags: transitive Translations (to misrepresent): изопача́вам (izopačávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), изопача́ (izopačá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), falsificar (Catalan), falsejar (Catalan), tekeytyä (Finnish), teeskennellä (Finnish), aweke (Maori), falsificar (Portuguese), falsifica (Romanian), искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), искази́ть (iskazítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), adulterar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-GtAO9R9j Disambiguation of 'to misrepresent': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  3. To counterfeit; to forge. Tags: transitive Translations (to counterfeit, forge): vervalsen (Dutch), väärentää (Finnish), falsificar (Galician), hamisít (Hungarian), 偽造する (gizō suru) (alt: ぎぞうする) (Japanese), fałszować [imperfective] (Polish), sfałszować [perfective] (Polish), falsificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-8-h9OLo9 Disambiguation of 'to counterfeit, forge': 4 0 86 2 2 3 2
  4. (sciences, otherwise archaic) To prove to be false. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (to prove to be false): опроверга́вам (oprovergávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), опроверга́я (oprovergája) [perfective] (Bulgarian), falsejar (Catalan), falsificar (Catalan), osoittaa vääräksi (Finnish), falsifizieren (German), widerlegen (German), הפריך (hifríkh) (Hebrew), cáfol (Hungarian), megcáfol (Hungarian), falszifikál (Hungarian), falsear (Portuguese), опроверга́ть (oprovergátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опрове́ргнуть (oprovérgnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), falsar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-WLAnMHy2 Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'to prove to be false': 4 0 1 90 2 1 1
  5. (accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (finance: to show to be wrong): paljastaa (english: to bring into daylight) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-cgcP9Dl4 Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'finance: to show to be wrong': 1 0 2 4 88 2 2
  6. (obsolete) To baffle or escape. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations ((obsolete in English) to baffle or escape): väistää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-uRaebgsO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 18 17 14 28 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 14 9 11 13 12 32 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 10 13 13 11 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 7 16 16 17 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 10 11 9 46 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 9 5 14 9 10 36 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 6 11 11 9 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 9 11 12 10 37 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 7 9 11 9 47 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 6 11 9 13 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 9 10 16 10 36 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 6 12 10 10 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 11 5 15 9 8 35 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 4 24 11 10 35 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 7 9 11 9 47 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 7 9 11 9 47 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 8 12 11 11 33 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 5 13 9 10 43 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 7 9 11 9 47 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 7 8 13 8 47 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 6 11 10 9 41 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 6 12 10 10 40 13 Disambiguation of '(obsolete in English) to baffle or escape': 4 0 6 4 7 73 6
  7. (obsolete) To violate; to break by falsehood. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations ((obsolete in English) to break by falsehood): pettää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-falsify-en-verb-LLiPrxh1 Disambiguation of '(obsolete in English) to break by falsehood': 5 0 5 5 7 10 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: falsifiability, falsifiable, falsification, falsificationism, falsifier Related terms: false, falsehood, falseness, falsity

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to falsify a record or document",
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          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
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          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podprávjam",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podprávja",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsificar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsejar"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "vervalsen"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "väärentää"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsifier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "hamisít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "meghamisít"
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        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "alt": "かいざんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaizan suru",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "改竄する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "alt": "ぎぞうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gizō suru",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "偽造"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wijohada",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "위조하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "ēmentior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "vitio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "tahupera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "aweke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "whakatapeha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fałszować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "podrabiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sfingować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "falsyfikować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "denatura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsifica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "falʹsificírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "фальсифици́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sfalʹsificírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сфальсифици́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poddélyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подде́лывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poddélatʹ",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "подде́лать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "falsear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "word": "adulterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "64 0 4 26 1 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "falʹsyfikuváty",
          "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "фальсифікува́ти"
        }
      ]
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        "To misrepresent."
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izopačávam",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "изопача́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izopačá",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "изопача́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "falsificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "falsejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "tekeytyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "teeskennellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "aweke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "falsificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "falsifica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskažátʹ",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "искажа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskazítʹ",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "искази́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to misrepresent",
          "word": "adulterar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to falsify money",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To counterfeit; to forge."
      ],
      "id": "en-falsify-en-verb-8-h9OLo9",
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          "ref": "a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section VIII. Against Atheism and Infidelity.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection VI, page 66:",
          "text": "Hovv much greater confirmation of his faith vvould he have received, had he ſeen our Saviour's prophecy ſtand good in the deſtruction of the temple, and the diſſolution of the Jevviſh œconomy, vvhen Jevvs and Pagans united all their endeavours under Julian the Apoſtate, to baffle and falſify the prediction?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prove to be false."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "otherwise archaic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sciences, otherwise archaic) To prove to be false."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Accounting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States:",
          "text": "It will allow the account to stand, with liberty to the plaintiff to surcharge and falsify it",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, Peyton Boyle, The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit District Courts of the United States:",
          "text": "The chancery rules governing proceedings to surcharge and falsify accounts are applicable only where an account has been stated between the parties, or where something equivalent thereto has been done.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accounting",
          "accounting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(accounting) To show (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1680, Samuel Butler, Fragments of an intended second part of the foregoing satire:",
          "text": "For disputants (as swordsmen use to fence / With blunted foyles) engage with blunted sense; / And as th' are wont to falsify a blow, / Use nothing else to pass upon a foe […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To baffle or escape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baffle",
          "baffle"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To baffle or escape."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to falsify one's faith or word",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The New Arcadia",
          "ref": "a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:",
          "text": "he would not falsify his promise to Philanax",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To violate; to break by falsehood."
      ],
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        [
          "violate",
          "violate"
        ],
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "falsehood",
          "falsehood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To violate; to break by falsehood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒlsɪfaɪ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "keġcel",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "կեղծել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "falʹsifikavácʹ",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "фальсіфікава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "falšificíram",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "фалшифици́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podprávjam",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подпра́вям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podprávja",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подпра́вя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "vervalsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "väärentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "hamisít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "meghamisít"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいざんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaizan suru",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "改竄する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎぞうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gizō suru",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "偽造"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wijohada",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "위조하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "ēmentior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "ēmentior"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "vitio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "tahupera"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "aweke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "whakatapeha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "fałszować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podrabiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sfingować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "falsyfikować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "denatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "falʹsificírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "фальсифици́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sfalʹsificírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сфальсифици́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddélyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подде́лывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddélatʹ",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подде́лать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "falsear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "word": "adulterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "falʹsyfikuváty",
      "sense": "to alter so as to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "фальсифікува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izopačávam",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изопача́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izopačá",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "изопача́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "falsejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "tekeytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "teeskennellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "aweke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "falsifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskažátʹ",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "искажа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskazítʹ",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "искази́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to misrepresent",
      "word": "adulterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprovergávam",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опроверга́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprovergája",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опроверга́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "falsejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "osoittaa vääräksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "falsifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "widerlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hifríkh",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "הפריך"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "cáfol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "megcáfol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "falszifikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "falsear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprovergátʹ",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опроверга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опрове́ргнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prove to be false",
      "word": "falsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "word": "vervalsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "word": "väärentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "word": "hamisít"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎぞうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gizō suru",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "word": "偽造する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "fałszować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sfałszować"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to counterfeit, forge",
      "word": "falsificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to bring into daylight",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "finance: to show to be wrong",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to baffle or escape",
      "word": "väistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to break by falsehood",
      "word": "pettää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "falsify"
}

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