Definition of False. Meaning of False. Synonyms of False

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Definition of False

False
False False, adv. Not truly; not honestly; falsely. ``You play me false.' --Shak.
False
False 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.

Meaning of False from wikipedia

- Look up FALSE, false, or falsehood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False or falsehood may refer to: False (logic), the negation of truth in classical...
- A false positive is an error in binary classification in which a test result incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition (such as a disease when...
- In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon where someone recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually...
- A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are...
- A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term...
- The generic name False Dmitry (also Pseudo-Demetrius, Russian: Лжедмитрий, Lžedmitrij) refers to various impostors who p****ed themselves off as the deceased...
- False pregnancy (or pseudocyesis, from the Gr**** pseudes "false" and kyesis "pregnancy") is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms...
- The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma is a freshwater crocodilian of the family...
- In Marxist theory, false consciousness is a term describing the ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes are said to mislead members...
- False cognates are pairs of words that seem to be cognates because of similar sounds and meaning, but have different etymologies; they can be within the...