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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.] 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. [1913 Webster] 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. [1913 Webster] I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. [1913 Webster] 4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. [1913 Webster] False face must hide what the false heart doth know. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. [1913 Webster] Whose false foundation waves have swept away. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mus.) Not in tune. [1913 Webster] {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. {False door} or {False window} (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. {False galena}. See {Blende}. {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. {False key}, a picklock. {False leg}. (Zool.) See {Proleg}. {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, etc., for the purpose of deceiving. {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. --Oxford Gloss. {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. {False scorpion} (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}. {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. {False vampire} (Zool.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}. {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above. {False wing}. (Zool.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing}, under {Bastard}. {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: False \False\, v. t. [L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See {False}, a.] 1. To report falsely; to falsify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In his falsed fancy. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] "And falsed oft his blows." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: False \False\, adv. Not truly; not honestly; falsely. "You play me false." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: false adv 1: in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn: {faithlessly}, {traitorously}, {treacherously}, {treasonably}, {false}] adj 1: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" [ant: {true}] 2: arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" [syn: {false}, {mistaken}] 3: erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm" 4: deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses" 5: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes" [syn: {delusive}, {false}] 6: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" [syn: {fake}, {false}, {faux}, {imitation}, {simulated}] 7: designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom" 8: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" [syn: {false}, {off-key}, {sour}] 9: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {false}, {fictitious}, {fictive}, {pretended}, {put on}, {sham}] 10: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue" [syn: {false}, {untrue}]