Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FALLACIOUSLY

FALLA'CIOUSLY, adverb In a fallacious manner; deceitfully; sophistical; with purpose or in a manner to deceive.We have seen how fallaciously the author has stated the cause.

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FALLACIOUSNESS

FALLA'CIOUSNESS, noun Tendency to deceive or mislead; inconclusiveness; as the fallaciousness of an argument, or of appearances.

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FALLACY

FAL'LACY, noun [Latin fallacia.]1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind. Detect the fallacy of the argument.2. Deception; mistak...

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FALLEN

FALL'EN, participle passive or adjective Dropped; descended; degraded; decreased; ruined.

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FALLENCY

FAL'LENCY, noun Mistake. obsolete

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FALLER

FALL'ER, noun One that falls.

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FALLIBILITY

FALLIBIL'ITY, noun [See Fallible.]1. Liableness to deceive; the quality of being fallible; uncertainty; possibility of being erroneous, or of leading to mistake; as the fallibil...

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FALLIBLE

FAL'LIBLE, adjective [Latin fallo, to deceive.]1. Liable to fail or mistake; that may err or be deceived in judgment. All men are fallible2. Liable to error; that may deceive. O...

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FALLING

FALL'ING, participle present tense Descending; dropping; disemboguing; apostatizing; declining; decreasing; sinking; coming.

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FALLING-SICKNESS

FALL'ING-SICKNESS, noun The epilepsy; a disease in which the patient suddenly loses his senses and falls.

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FALLING-STAR

FALL'ING-STAR, noun A luminous meteor, suddenly appearing and darting through the air.

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FALLING-STONE

FALL'ING-STONE, noun A stone falling from the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aerolite.

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FALLINGIN

FALL'INGIN, noun An indenting or hollow; opposed to rising or prominence.Falling away, apostasy.Falling off, departure from the line or course; declension.

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FALLOW

FAL'LOW, adjective [Latin fulvus; qu. helvus, for felvus. This word may be from the root of fail, fallo; so called from the fading color of autumnal leaves, or from failure, wit...

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FALLOW-CROP

FAL'LOW-CROP, noun The crop taken from fallowed ground.

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FALLOW-FINCH

FAL'LOW-FINCH, noun A small bird, the oenanthe or wheat-ear.

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FALLOWED

FAL'LOWED, participle passive Plowed and harrowed for a season, without being sown.

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FALLOWING

FAL'LOWING, participle present tense Plowing and harrowing land without sowing it.FAL'LOWING, noun The operation of plowing and harrowing land without sowing it. fallowing is fo...

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FALLOWIST

FAL'LOWIST, noun One who favors the practice of fallowing land.On this subject, a controversy has arisen between two sects, the fallowists and the anti-fallowists. [Unusual.]

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FALLOWNESS

FAL'LOWNESS, noun A fallow state; barrenness; exemption from bearing fruit.

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FALSARY

FALS'ARY, noun [See False.] A falsifier of evidence. [Not in use.]

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FALSE

FALSE, adjective [Latin falsus, from fallo, to deceive. See Fall and Fail.]1. Not true; not conformable to fact; expressing what is contrary to that which exists, is done, said ...

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FALSE-HEART

FALSE-HEART,FALSE-HEARTED, adjective Hollow; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. [The former is not used.]

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FALSE-HEARTED

FALSE-HEARTED, a. Hollow; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. [The former is not used.]

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FALSE-HEARTEDNESS

FALSE-HEARTEDNESS, noun Perfidiousness; treachery.

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FALSEHOOD

FALSEHOOD, noun fols'hood. [false and hood.]1. Contrariety or inconformity to fact or truth; as the falsehood of a report.2. Want of truth or veracity; a lie; an untrue assertio...

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FALSELY

FALSELY, adverb fols'ly.1. In a manner contrary to truth and fact; not truly; as, to speak or swear falsely; to testify falsely2. Treacherously; perfidiously.Swear to me - that ...