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• false — adj 1: not genuine, authentic, or legitimate compare counterfeit 2 a: not true or correct; esp: intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect injured by false accusations b: intended to mislead or deceive: decept …   Law dictionary

• false — fȯls adj, fals·er; fals·est 1) not corresponding to truth or reality <a test for HIV which gave false results> 2) artificially made <false teeth> 3) of a kind related to or resembling another kind that is usu. designated by the… …   Medical dictionary

• false — false; false·hood; false·ly; false·ness; …   English syllables

• false — [[t]fɔls[/t]] adj. fals•er, fals•est, adv. 1) not true or correct; erroneous; wrong: a false statement[/ex] 2) uttering or declaring what is untrue; lying: a false witness[/ex] 3) not faithful or loyal; treacherous; hypocritical: a false… …   From formal English to slang

• false pretense — I noun act, affectation, affectedness, artifice, artificiality, chicane, chicanery, circumvention, circumvention of truth, cozenage, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptive representation of fact, delusion, designed misrepresentation, device, disguise,… …   Law dictionary

• False-hearted — False heart ed, a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. {False heart ed*ness}, n. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• False-heartedness — False hearted False heart ed, a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. {False heart ed*ness}, n. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ness, Outer Hebrides — Infobox UK place official name= Ness gaelic name= Nis population= 1,000 latitude= 58.47 longitude= 6.25 country= Scotland os grid reference= NB5261 post town= STORNOWAY postcode area= HS postcode district= HS2 dial code= 01851 810 constituency… …   Wikipedia

• -ness — a native English suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; kindness; obligingness; preparedness. [ME …   Universalium

• -ness — aff. a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; obligingness; preparedness • Etymology: ME, OE nes,… …   From formal English to slang