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False
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) To feign; to pretend to make.
(2):
(superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
(3):
(superl.) Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
(4):
(superl.) Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
(5):
(superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
(6):
(superl.) Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
(7):
(superl.) Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(8):
(superl.) Not in tune.
(9):
(adv.) Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
(10):
(a.) To report falsely; to falsify.
(11):
(a.) To betray; to falsify.
(12):
(a.) To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'False'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/false.html. 1828.
