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"Section F, G and H"

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.


False"-faced` (?), a.
Hypocritical. Shak.


False"-heart` (?), a. False-
hearted.
Shak.


False"-heart`ed, a. Hollow or
unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.

Bacon. -- False"-heart`ed*ness, n.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


False"hood (?), n. [False + -
hood
] 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an
untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation;
falsity.


Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a
falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong
hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth
it.
Fuller.


2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what
is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a
lie.


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