falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal
(noun) the act of determining that something is false
Source: WordNet® 3.1
falsifying
present participle of falsify
falsifying (plural falsifyings)
falsification
Source: Wiktionary
Fal"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Falsified; p. pr. & vb. n. Falsifying.] Etym: [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. Spenser.
2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. Shak. Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction. Addison.
4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sir P. Sidney.
5. To baffie or escape; as, to falsify a blow. Bulter.
6. (Law)
Definition: To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone.
7. (Equity)
Definition: To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. Story. Daniell.
8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.
Fal"si*fy, v. i.
Definition: To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 May 2024
(noun) an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation; “he could win if he wasn’t a choker”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
