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"Section F, G and H"


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.


Fal"si*fi*ca`tor (?), n. [Cf. F.
falsificateur.] A falsifier. Bp.
Morton.


Fal"si*fi`er (?), n. One who
falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a
liar.


Fal"si*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Falsified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Falsifying.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F.
falsifier. See False, a.]
1. To make false; to represent
falsely.


The Irish bards use to forge and falsify
everything as they list, to please or displease any man.


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