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False (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

False, v. t. [L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See False, a.] 1. To report falsely; to falsify. Chaucer.

2. To betray; to falsify.

hath his truthe falsed in this wise. Chaucer.

3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.

In his falsed fancy. Spenser.

4. To feign; to pretend to make. “And falsed oft his blows.” Spenser.