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Fals"er (?), n. A deceiver.
[Obs.] Spenser.

Fal*set"to (?), n.; pl.
Falsettos (#). [It. falsetto, dim. fr. L.
falsus. See False.] A false or artificial voice;
that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male
counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under
Voice.

||Fal"si*cri"men (?). [L.] (Civ. Law) The
crime of falsifying.

&fist; This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but
every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so
extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant
significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses
of a like character. Burrill. Greenleaf.

Fal"si*fi`a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF.
falsifiable.] Capable of being falsified, counterfeited,
or corrupted. Johnson.

Fal`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [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.


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