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Webster 1913 Edition
Falsification
Falˊsi-fi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
falsification
.] 1.
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all
falsifications
. Bacon.
2.
Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent
falsification
of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.
3.
(Equity)
The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.
Story.
Webster 1828 Edition
Falsification
FALSIFICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not; as the falsification of words.2.
Confutation.