falsify
verb
[ ˈfɔːlsɪfʌɪ ]
• alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.
• "a laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results"
Similar:
forge,
fake,
counterfeit,
fabricate,
invent,
alter,
change,
doctor,
tamper with,
fudge,
manipulate,
massage,
adulterate,
pervert,
corrupt,
debase,
misrepresent,
misreport,
distort,
warp,
embellish,
embroider,
colour,
put a spin on,
vitiate,
• prove (a statement or theory) to be false.
• "the hypothesis is falsified by the evidence"
Similar:
disprove,
show to be false,
prove unsound,
refute,
rebut,
deny,
debunk,
negate,
invalidate,
contradict,
confound,
be at odds with,
demolish,
discredit,
shoot full of holes,
shoot down (in flames),
blow sky-high,
blow out of the water,
confute,
gainsay,
controvert,
negative,
Origin:
late Middle English (in falsify (sense 2)): from French falsifier or medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsificus ‘making false’, from falsus ‘false’.
