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  • 51false —    committing adultery    The opposite of true for either sex:     False to his bed. (Shakespeare, Cymbeline) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 52false — a. 1. Untrue, unveracious, mendacious, lying, contrary to truth. 2. Dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, disloyal, faithless, disingenuous, dishonorable, double tongued, double faced, false hearted. 3. Unveracious, mendacious, lying, untrustworthy …

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  • 53false — adj 1. untrue, untruthful, unveracious, mendacious, devoid of truth, not right; lying, fibbing, perjured, forsworn; fabricative, fabricated, trumped up. 2. erroneous, mistaken, incorrect, amiss, wrong, all wrong, Sl. all wet, Sl. full of beans or …

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  • 54false — /fɔ:ls/ adjective not true or not correct ● to make a false claim for a product …

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  • 55false — [OE] False appears originally to have been borrowed directly from Latin falsus at the end of the 10th century, but without making much of an impression. It was only in the 12th century that it began being used with any frequency, probably as the… …

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  • 56false —  sly, cunning, deceitful. A false thief, one who will cheat you if he can …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 57False arch — 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… …

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  • 58False attic — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 59False bearing — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 60False cadence — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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