"falsify" meaning in English

See falsify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-falsify.ogg [US] Forms: falsify [canonical], falsifies [third-person, singular], falsified [past], falsified [past, participle], falsifying [present, participle]
Etymology: false + -ify Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|false|ify}} false + -ify Head templates: {{verb|falsif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you falsify a result, document, statement, etc. you change it so as to make false or incorrect.
    Sense id: simple-falsify-en-verb-sh4uRuOC
  2. If you falsify a claim or result, you prove it to be false.
    Sense id: simple-falsify-en-verb-uJuD0I2h
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ify
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