Defn: A falsifier. Bp. Morton.
FALSIFIER
Fal"si*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.
FALSIFY
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)