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(), a.[Compar.Falser (); superl.Falsest.] [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.] 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. I to myself was false, ere thou to me. Milton. 3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. 4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak. 5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. Spenser. 6. Not essential or permanent, as part False adv.Not truly; not honestly; falsely. "You play me false." Shak. False v. t.[L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See False, a.] 1. To report falsely; to falsify. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.] [He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise. Chaucer. 3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.] In his falsed fancy. Spenser. 4. To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] "And falsed oft his blows." Spenser. スポンサード リンク
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