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Statement contradicted by facts and reality
A false statement, also known as a falsehood, falsity, misstatement or untruth, is a statement that is false or does not align with reality. This concept
False_statement
Crime of intentionally lying to a federal investigator in the United States
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United
Making_false_statements
2023, a criminal grand jury indicted Trump on one count of making "false statements and representations", specifically by hiding subpoenaed classified
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump
Topics referred to by the same term
untruthful statement False statement, aka a falsehood, falsity, misstatement or untruth, is a statement that is false False may also refer to: false (Unix)
False
Falsifying an oath or affirmation
state the truth. In some jurisdictions, no crime has occurred when a false statement is (intentionally or unintentionally) made while under oath or subject
Perjury
US constitutional law on false assertions
States constitutional law, false statements of fact are assertions, which are ostensibly facts, that are false. Such statements are not always protected
False_statement_of_fact
Paradoxical assertion
"All Cretans are liars." However, Epimenides' statement that all Cretans are liars can be resolved as false, given that he knows of at least one other Cretan
Liar_paradox
2025 criminal case in Virginia, U.S.
federal grand jury in Virginia on two counts: one charge of making a false statement to Congress, and one charge of obstructing a congressional proceeding
Prosecution_of_James_Comey
The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims, an average of 21 per day. Trump's statements as president engaged a host of fact-checkers
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (first term)
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump_(first_term)
charges of being an agent of a foreign government, visa fraud, making false statements, and conspiracy. Ye is a Lieutenant of the People's Liberation Army
List of Chinese spy cases in the United States
List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_the_United_States
2016 kidnapping hoax
pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of making false statements. In September 2022, she was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed
Sherri_Papini_kidnapping_hoax
American-Canadian internet personality (born 2007)
In 2023, Tay was the subject of widespread media coverage after a false statement announcing she had died was published from her Instagram account. Later
Lil_Tay
Topics referred to by the same term
imperative programming language Statement (logic and semantics), declarative sentence that is either true or false Statement, a declarative phrase in language
Statement
Misleading content in advertisements
advertisement containing a false claim or statement, to promote the sale of property, goods or services. A false advertisement can be classified as deceptive
False_advertising
Programming statement for branching control based on a value
evaluation of a variable). A switch statement is similar to an if statement but instead of branching only on true or false, it branches on any number of values
Switch_statement
Conditional statement which is true because the antecedent cannot be satisfied
England", using a transparent false conclusion to imply the statement is vacuous and thus the premise is false. These statements are considered vacuous truths
Vacuous_truth
2025 US Supreme Court case
prosecution for making a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 requires the statement to be false, rather than simply
Thompson v. United States (2025)
Thompson_v._United_States_(2025)
Communication causing harm to reputation
false allegations: false statements regarding elections (Section 171G), false information (Section 182), false claims in court (Section 209), false criminal
Defamation
Intentionally false statement made to deceive
interpreted as deliberately false statements or misleading statements, though not all statements that are literally false are considered lies – metaphors
Lie
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
administration, but his claim that serious youth crime had decreased proved to be false, and he acknowledged the error. He was criticised for his response to the
Boris_Johnson
or not the witness's statement is false at all. The witness renders himself liable to punishment by simply making assertions, false or true, which he does
Perjury_in_Nigeria
Statement supporting a conclusion
proposition offered to support a conclusion. Premises are true or false statements that serve as the starting points of arguments by presenting reasons
Premise
American sex offender (born 1963)
of abuse allegations brought against Nassar and how the agents made false statements regarding their reports and misinformation about the botched investigation
Larry_Nassar
Control flow statement that branches according to a Boolean expression
closure only. var = condition ifTrue: [ 'foo' ] ifFalse: [ 'bar' ] JavaScript supports if-else statements similar to C syntax. The following example has
Conditional (computer programming)
Conditional_(computer_programming)
Nonexistent event
Barack Obama to tighten immigration procedures for Iraqi citizens. The false statement went viral and became the top trending topic on Twitter, with many
Bowling_Green_massacre
2020 murder of a U.S. army soldier
to accessory to murder after the fact and three counts of making a false statement. On August 14, 2023, Aguilar was sentenced to the maximum of 30 years
Murder_of_Vanessa_Guillén
Concept in the philosophy of language
Khan is false. The Wikipedia statement “Genghis Khan founded the largest contiguous empire in world history” is thus true, and the statement “Genghis
Failure_to_refer
American journalist and political commentator (born 1959)
Vice President Dick Cheney, was indicted on obstruction of justice, false statement, and perjury charges and subsequently convicted and sentenced to 30 months
Nicholas_Kristof
2024 federal criminal trial
securities and wire fraud for a multi-billion-dollar scheme involving false statements to U.S. investors and global financial institution. In March 2024,
Indictment against Gautam Adani et al.
Indictment_against_Gautam_Adani_et_al.
2008 death of an American toddler in Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Following her arrest at Universal Studios, Casey was charged with giving false statements to law enforcement, child neglect and obstruction of a criminal investigation
Death_of_Caylee_Anthony
2021 defamation lawsuit in the US
6 billion in damages, alleging several Fox programs had broadcast false statements that Dominion's voting machines had been rigged to steal the 2020 United
Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network
Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
human liability to commit false dilemmas may be due to the tendency to simplify reality by ordering it through either-or-statements, which is to some extent
False_dilemma
Paradox revealing a problem with self-reference in logic
truth, but in fact there is no paradox because it may simply be a false statement. According to Ptolemaeus Chennus, Thetis and Medea had once argued
Epimenides_paradox
According to the bill, a person must not: Transmit a statement that is false or, Transmit a statement that might: i. Affect the security or any part of Nigeria
Anti-social Media Bill (Nigeria)
Anti-social_Media_Bill_(Nigeria)
American businessman (born 1950)
felony counts of federal crimes, including criminal conspiracy, making false statements, securities fraud, tax fraud, and securities law violations, and sentenced
Paul_Bilzerian
Pseudoscientific investigation technique
is true or false. Multiple empirical studies have found SCAN techniques to be unreliable at correctly separating true and false statements. SCAN is generally
Statement_analysis
Variant of the liar paradox
philosophy and logic as the statement "This sentence is false." Any attempts to assign a classical binary truth value to this statement lead to a contradiction
Pinocchio_paradox
Murder of an infant during an attempted robbery
mother was indicted on making false statements to police and evidence tampering. His aunt was indicted on making false statements to police, and his sister
Murder_of_Antonio_Santiago
Singaporean IT-oriented Internet portal
HardwareZone removed the offending statements from its website and agreed to help identify who had made those false statements. In 2005, polytechnic student
HardwareZone
Attempt to influence testimony unduly
disclosure Spoliation of evidence Civil wrong False evidence False confession Forced confession False accusation Rape Child sexual abuse Police perjury
Witness_tampering
Logically self-contradictory statement
"This statement is false"—if the statement is true, then the statement is false, thereby making the statement true, thereby making the statement false, and
Paradox
American chemist (born 1959)
administrative leave in January 2020 shortly after his arrest for making false statement to federal agents. Charles Lieber now joined Tsinghua University as
Charles_M._Lieber
Haitian-American rapper (born 1997)
and was sentenced to probation. In 2019, he was arrested for making false statements to possess weapons and was sentenced to nearly four years in federal
Kodak_Black
American talent manager and scam artist (1954–2016)
June 2007. He pled guilty to conspiracy, money laundering, and making false statements during bankruptcy proceedings. In 2008, Pearlman was convicted and
Lou_Pearlman
Type of tort
publication or statement giving rise to a false-light claim will also give rise to a defamation claim, such that the set of statements creating false light is
False_light
Internet meme
manner, often in response to an obvious, predictable, or blatantly false statement. Similar owl image macros followed the original to present different
O_RLY?
US effort to prosecute alleged Chinese spies
making false statements in the investigation of Anming Hu, while in another case, the investigation involving Franklin Feng Tao was based on false evidence
China_Initiative
Trump made many false or misleading statements, while Harris made one false statement, and several misleading statements. Among other false claims, Trump
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (between terms)
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump_(between_terms)
American businessman and talent manager (1931–2009)
the IRS, Klein was convicted of the misdemeanor charge of making a false statement on his 1972 tax return, for which, in 1980, he was jailed for two months
Allen_Klein
Mental disorder
tendency to lie. It involves a pervasive pattern of intentionally making false statements with the aim to deceive others, sometimes for no clear or apparent
Pathological_lying
American businessman and felon (born 1953)
In 2006 he was found guilty of conspiracy, insider trading, making false statements, and securities fraud. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined
Jeffrey_Skilling
Expression associated with political misinformation established in 2017
2017, in which she defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's false statement about the attendance numbers at Donald Trump's first inauguration as
Alternative_facts
United States federal anti-fraud law
presented, a false claim for payment or approval; Knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent
False_Claims_Act_of_1863
Claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue
False alarm False arrest False Claims Act False conviction False evidence False imprisonment False statement Legal abuse Lie Paranoia Perjury Presumption
False_accusation
RICO case against Donald Trump and others
alleged two false statements by Shafer did not appear to be perjury. Regarding the charge against Clark, a criminal attempt to commit false statements and writings
Georgia election racketeering prosecution
Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution
Categories of free speech not protected by the First Amendment
knowingly making a false statement of fact can sometimes be punished. Libel and slander laws fall under this category. negligently false statements of fact may
United States free speech exceptions
United_States_free_speech_exceptions
Formal fallacy, aka Linda Problem
a true statement false, but cannot make false statements true: If A is true, then A ∧ B {\displaystyle A\land B} might be false (if B is false). However
Conjunction_fallacy
made any such statements; both instead attributed the attack to the United States and Israel. Posts on X also shared a photograph falsely alleged to show
Misinformation during the 2026 Iran war
Misinformation_during_the_2026_Iran_war
American financier and con artist (1938–2021)
mail fraud, money laundering, making false statements, perjury, theft from an employee benefit plan, and making false filings with the SEC. The plea was
Bernie_Madoff
Statute of the Parliament of Singapore
the false statement, instructing the person to place a notice stating that the statement was found to be false and a correction of the false statement. The
Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019
Protection_from_Online_Falsehoods_and_Manipulation_Act_2019
guilty on May 10, 2022 of murder, tampering with evidence, and making false statements to the police and sentenced on August 18, 2022, to 65 years in prison
Murder_of_Connie_Dabate
Invented claim or trivial fact
A factoid was originally defined to mean a false statement presented as a fact. In colloquial speech, it is often used to mean a true but brief or trivial
Factoid
Sexual abuse of young athletes by coaches and other adults (1992–2016)
of Appeals overturned Klages' conviction after determining that her false statement was "inconsequential, rather than material" to the criminal investigation
USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
USA_Gymnastics_sex_abuse_scandal
Method for exposing an information leak
several suspects and seeing which version gets leaked. It could be one false statement, to see whether sensitive information gets out to other people as well
Canary_trap
Intentional deception to gain unlawfully
fraud, the perpetrator attempts to qualify for a mortgage by way of false statements. Fraud can be defined as either a civil wrong or a criminal act. For
Fraud
American police officer and political consultant (1955–2025)
violations, and criminal false statements. After the 2020 United States presidential election, Kerik supported Trump's false claims of voter fraud and
Bernard_Kerik
Psychological occurrence
In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon in which someone recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from the way it
False_memory
Sports scandal
lawyer stated there would be no response to the charge of making a false statement which would create the possibility of Lochte being tried in absentia
Lochtegate
American television host, author and attorney (born 1951)
Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company's voting machines. Fox News settled the
Jeanine_Pirro
American politician and lawyer (born 1962)
resources and made false statements against whistleblowers, obstructed justice in the securities fraud trial against him, and made false statements regarding his
Ken_Paxton
American lawyer (born 1960)
Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on one charge of making false statements and one charge of obstruction. He pleaded not guilty. On November 24
James_Comey
British far-right activist (born 1982)
Some of these videos have been found in court to include defamatory false statements about their subjects. Robinson has a history of criminal convictions
Tommy_Robinson
Guyanese athletics competitor and former Iowa school superintendent
international media attention. In 2026, Roberts pleaded guilty for false statement and firearm charges. Roberts was born December 18 in Georgetown, Guyana
Ian_Roberts_(educator)
Deceptive statement
the conclusion is unrelated or false). Conversely, if the false statement is placed in the premise, the combined statement is less likely to be believed
Half-truth
Bangladeshi politician and activist
reasons'". The Business Standard. 26 July 2024. "We're forced to give false statement, say six conveners". The Financial Express (Bangladesh). 3 August 2024
Hasnat_Abdullah
Criminal case in U.S. courts
guilty to one count of making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Flynn's alleged false statements involve conversations he had with
Trial_of_Michael_Flynn
Soviet and Polish general (1896–1968)
Rokossovsky's refusal to sign a false confession: Those who refused to sign a false statement were beaten up, as long as the false statement was not signed. There
Konstantin_Rokossovsky
day with statements to reporters at the Oval Office. News media and fact-checkers declared Trump made multiple false and misleading statements, mostly
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (second term)
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump_(second_term)
Limitative results in mathematical logic
In principle, proving a statement true or false can be shown to be equivalent to proving that the number matching the statement does or does not have a
Gödel's incompleteness theorems
Gödel's_incompleteness_theorems
American psychic fortune teller (born 1974)
say it didn't happen in Greenwich". She was charged with giving a false statement to police but the charges were later dropped when she completed an
Janet_Lee_(psychic)
U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor (born 1958)
plead guilty to a felony count of "willfully and knowingly" making false statements to the FBI about the Kislyak communications, and agreed to cooperate
Michael_Flynn
1998 Indian film
as Sunanda, one of the main witnesses (and Gokul's fiancé) gives a false statement in court. Naina is distraught and vows to hunt down Gokul. Gokul soon
Dushman_(1998_film)
Links of associates of US President
Russian officials. Several people connected to the Trump campaign made false statements about those links and obstructed investigations. These investigations
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials
American television personality, author
Voting Systems v. Fox News Network defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false statements about the plaintiff company's voting machines that Fox News settled
Maria_Bartiromo
2019 death of an unarmed African-American man near Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
body camera footage, according to state police documents. A third false statement from Clary to investigators was his claim that troopers sat Greene
Killing_of_Ronald_Greene
American politician (born 1979)
on 21 felony counts, including wire fraud, conspiracy, and making false statements, for allegedly diverting money raised during the campaign to a company
Andrew_Gillum
US Supreme Court decision (2012)
criminalized false statements about having a military medal. It had been passed by Congress as an effort to stem instances where people falsely claimed to
United_States_v._Alvarez
1996 aviation accident in Florida
employees in proper handling of hazardous materials, conspiracy and making false statements. SabreTech's maintenance supervisor Daniel Gonzalez and two mechanics
ValuJet_Flight_592
Bearer of truth values
component statements are true, while for exclusive disjunctive propositions, exactly one component statement is true and the other is false. The difference
Proposition
Informal logical fallacy
inability to imagine how a statement can be true or false gives no information about whether the statement is true or false in reality. Disconfirmation
Argument_from_incredulity
Governor of Arkansas since 2023
by investigators as part of the Mueller probe, she admitted making false statements in her role. Sanders hosted fewer press conferences than any of the
Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders
Algerian al-Qaeda member imprisoned in the US (born 1967)
terminal; 3) false identification documents; 4) use of a fictitious name for admission to the U.S.; 5) the felony of making a false statement to a U.S. Customs
Ahmed_Ressam
American serial killer
Swango with three counts of murder and one count each of assault, false statements, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. At the same time
Michael_Swango
Meta-ethical theory
ethical sentences do not express propositions (i.e., statements) and thus cannot be true or false (they are not truth-apt). A noncognitivist denies the
Non-cognitivism
Rule of logical inference
logical statement P → Q {\displaystyle P\to Q} , i.e. in addition to assigning TRUE or FALSE we can also assign any probability to the statement. Assume
Modus_tollens
Attorney for Donald Trump from 2006 to 2018
Davidson to get Daniels to sign the statement where she denied the affair, stating he knew the statement was false. According to Cohen, Daniels wanted
Michael_Cohen_(lawyer)
American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1952)
count of obstructing an official proceeding, and five counts of making false statements to Congress and indicted in November 2019; Stone was sentenced to 40
Roger_Stone
misrepresentation, even where the representee also had the chance to verify the false statement. Mr Redgrave, an elderly solicitor, advertised for a partner to join
Redgrave_v_Hurd
2019 hate crime hoax
the Circuit Court of Cook County for $130,000 plus $1,000 for each false statement he made to the city, plus three times the city's damages.[further explanation
Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax
Jussie_Smollett_hate_crime_hoax
American journalist and news anchor (born 1959)
mixed reviews; being credited for fact-checking the candidates for false statements while struggling to keep control of the debate and unable to adhere
Lester_Holt
FALSE STATEMENT
FALSE STATEMENT
Boy/Male
Polynesian
House.
Boy/Male
Hindu
The false pride
Boy/Male
Biblical
Idols; masters; false gods.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin)
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name, a variant of Vaux.English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : There are a number of early English examples of the name with articles rather than prepositions, which Reaney explains as being from a southern form of Middle English faus ‘false’, ‘untrustworthy’ (late Old English fals, from Latin falsus, reinforced by Old French fals, faus from the same source).
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
The False Pride
Male
Greek
(ΒαÏιησοÏ) Greek form of Aramaic Bar-Yesu, BARIESOU means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English falwe (Old English f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.The name is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Ashtaroth, ASTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English hals ‘neck’ (Old English h(e)als). This was a nickname for a man with a long neck or for a conspicuous sufferer from goiter (a common affliction in medieval times).English (Devon) : topographic name denoting someone living on a neck of land (from Middle English atte halse ‘at the neck’), or a habitational name from either of two places in Devon and Somerset named Halse, from this word. To a lesser extent Halse in Northamptonshire, named from Old English hals + hÅh ‘ridge’, may also have contributed to the surname.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in the county of Møre og Romsdal. The farmsteads are so named from the Old Norse dative singular of hals ‘neck’, referring to a neck of land, or a ridge between two valleys.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Bariesou, BAR-JESUS means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu
False Pride; Illusion
Boy/Male
Tamil
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
The false pride
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.Swedish (Palmér) : ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér, from Latin -erius ‘descendant of’.Irish : when not truly of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford) perhaps because they were from an ecclesiastical family.German : topographic name for someone living among pussy willows (see Palm 2).German : from the personal name Palm (see Palm 3).
Boy/Male
German
Surname relating to falconry.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ashtarowth, ASHTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Batchelor, altered by false association with elder.
Biblical
idols; masters; false gods
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Vauxhall, habitational name from a place in Surrey so called, on the south bank of the River Thames, now part of Greater London. This was named in the 13th century as Faukeshalle ‘the Hall of Fauke’, a reference to Baron Falke de Breaulté, who was granted the manor by King John in 1233. This was the site of a famous pleasure garden frequented by 18th-century Londoners.
Boy/Male
Danish, German
Relating to Falconry; Falconer
Female
Hebrew
(עַש×ְתְּרï‹×ª) Hebrew name, ASHTAROWTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
FALSE STATEMENT
FALSE STATEMENT
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Love; All of Loved
Girl/Female
Arabic
Splendor
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Danny, DANNIE means "God is my judge."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Matlock in Derbyshire, named in Old English as ‘meeting-place oak’, from mæthel ‘meeting’, ‘gathering’, ‘council’ + Äc ‘oak’.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, German, Swedish
Grace; Favor
Boy/Male
Hindu
Name of Chanakya, Strategic, Shrewd, Acute
Boy/Male
Muslim
The just, The equitable
Boy/Male
British, English, Filipino, Romanian
Beauty
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Brahama; Lord Buddha
Male
Arthurian
, (winged?); the name of Gawain's horse.
FALSE STATEMENT
FALSE STATEMENT
FALSE STATEMENT
FALSE STATEMENT
FALSE STATEMENT
a.
To betray; to falsify.
adv.
Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
n.
False religion.
n.
False optics.
superl.
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
superl.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
v.
False swearing.
a.
Faitless; false; treacherous.
a.
Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
a.
To feign; to pretend to make.
superl.
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
superl.
Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
superl.
Not in tune.
a.
False-hearted.
superl.
Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
a.
To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
a.
False; specious; counterfeit.
a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
a.
To report falsely; to falsify.
superl.
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.