Falsify

a. [Fr. falsifier; Lat. falsus, and facio, to make.] To make false; to counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify a bank-note. "Falsifying the balance by deceit."-Amos. -To disprove; to prove to be false; to confute; as, to falsify a prediction. - To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify a trust reposed in. -To elude; to baffle; to escape; as, to falsify a blow. ( Law .) To prove false; as, to falsify a judgment.-In Equity, to prove that an item of account is wrongly charged. dleton co., on Licking River, abt. 60 m. N.E. of Frankfort. Fal'mouth, in Maine , a post-village and township of Cumber land co., on Casco Bay, abt. 6 m. W.S.W. of Portland. Fal'mouth, in Ma achusetts , a post-vill. and township of Barns table co., on Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's Bay, abt. 70 m. S.S.E. of Boston. Fal'mouth, in Mi ouri, a village of Lincoln co., on the Mi i ippi River, abt. 18 m. N.E. of Troy. Falmouth, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Lancaster co., on the Susquehanna River, abt. 13 m. S.E. of Harris burg. Fal'mouth, in Virginia , a post-village of Stafford co., on the Rappahannock River, abt. 65 m. N. of Richmond. False, a. [Icel. falskr ; falsa , to deceive; fals , pride, deceit; Lat. falsus , from fallo , to deceive, from Gr. sphalto. See FALL, and FAIL. Uttering falsehood; not morally true; without veracity; expre ing that which is not thought or felt, with a tendency to deceive; dishonest; not just; as, a false prophet. "There are false witne es among men." - L'Estrange. not real or genuine; as, false tears, false jewelry, . -Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous; deceitful; unfaithful; inconstant: calculated to delude and disappoint; as, a false friend, a false statement, false play. of the present century prevalent throughout Europe; Deceptive; pretended; feigned; counterpart; spurious; but it appears to be now broken through in any well cultivated country. Bare fallows, under the most improved systems of agriculture, are no longer had recourse to in the case of free or easily worked soils, where turnip fallows are made, or drill crops of legumes are substituted; but in very strong clays they are still found nece ary, and this will probably continue to be the case till by thorough drainage, and perhaps steam-culture, the strong clays become friable and fit for the drill husbandry, like the sandy loams and other free soils. Fallow-chat, n. Same as FALLOW-FINCH, q. v. Fallow-crop, n . The crop produced from fallow land. Fallow-deer, n. [A.S. falewe , pale yellow.] ( Zool .) See DEER.