FALSENESS
FALSENESS, noun fols'ness.1. Want of integrity and veracity, either in principle or in act; as the falseness of a man's heart, or his falseness to his word.2. Duplicity; deceit;...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FALSER
FALS'ER, noun A deceiver.
FALSETTO
FALSET'TO, noun A feigned voice.
FALSIFIABLE
FALS'IFIABLE, adjective [from falsify.] That may be falsified, counterfeited or corrupted.
FALSIFICATION
FALSIFICA'TION, noun1. The act of making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not; as the falsification of words.2. Confutation.
FALSIFICATOR
FALSIFICA'TOR, noun A falsifier.
FALSIFIED
FALS'IFIED, participle passive Counterfeited.
FALSIFIER
FALS'IFIER, noun1. One who counterfeits, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; or one who makes false coin.2. One who invents falsehood; a liar.3. One who proves a thing t...
FALSIFY
FALS'IFY, verb transitive1. To counterfeit; to forge; to make something false, or in imitation of that which is true; as, to falsify coin.The Irish bards use to falsify every th...
FALSIFYING
FALS'IFYING, participle present tense Counterfeiting; forging; lying; proving to be false; violating.
FALSITY
FALS'ITY, noun [Latin falsitas.]1. Contrariety or inconformity to truth; the quality of being false.Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of t...
FALTER
FAL'TER, verb intransitive [Latin fallo, the primary sense of which is to fall short, or to err, to miss, to deviate.]1. To hesitate, fail or break in the utterance of words; to...
FALTERING
FAL'TERING, participle present tense Hesitating; speaking with a feeble, broken, trembling utterance; failing.FAL'TERING, noun Feebleness; deficiency.
FALTERINGLY
FAL'TERINGLY, adverb With hesitation; with a trembling, broken voice; with difficulty or feebleness.
FAME
FAME, noun [Latin fama; Gr. from to speak.]1. Public report or rumor.The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. Genesis 14:1.2. Favorable...
FAME-GIVING
FA'ME-GIVING, adjective Bestowing fame.
FAMED
FA'MED, adjective Much talked of; renowned; celebrated; distinguished and exalted by favorable reports. Aristides was famed for learning and wisdom, and Cicero for eloquence.He ...
FAMELESS
FA'MELESS, adjective Without renown.
FAMILIAR
FAMIL'IAR, adjective famil'yar. [Latin familiaris, familia, family, which see.]1. Pertaining to a family; domestic.2. Accustomed by frequent converse; well acquainted with; inti...
FAMILIARITY
FAMILIAR'ITY, noun1. Intimate and frequent converse, or association in company. The gentlemen lived in remarkable familiarity Hence,2. Easiness of conversation; affability; free...
FAMILIARIZE
FAMIL'IARIZE, verb transitive1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known, by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self to scenes of ...
FAMILIARIZED
FAMIL'IARIZED, participle passive Accustomed; habituated; made easy by practice, custom or use.
FAMILIARIZING
FAMIL'IARIZING, participle present tense Accustoming; rendering easy by practice, custom or use.
FAMILIARLY
FAMIL'IARLY, adverb1. In a familiar manner; unceremoniously; without constraint; without formality.2. Commonly; frequently; with the ease and unconcern that arises from long cus...
FAMILISM
FAM'ILISM, noun The tenets of the familists.
FAMILIST
FAM'ILIST, noun [from family.] One of the religious sect called the family of love.
FAMILY
FAM'ILY, noun [Latin familia.]1. The collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children and servants, and a...