prove+to+be+false

  • 31falsify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English falsifien, from Middle French falsifier, from Medieval Latin falsificare, from Latin falsus Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to prove or declare false ; disprove 2. to make false: as a …

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  • 32lie — lie1 [lī] vi. lay, lain, lying [ME lien < 2d & 3d pers. sing. of earlier liggen < OE licgan, to lie, akin to Ger liegen < IE base * legh , to lie, lay oneself down > L lectus & Gr lēchos, bed, lōchos, lair] 1. to be or put oneself in… …

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  • 33Equiconsistency — In mathematical logic, two theories are equiconsistent if, roughly speaking, they are as consistent as each other . It is not in general possible to prove the absolute consistency of a theory T. Instead we usually take a theory S, believed to be… …

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  • 34José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero — This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Zapatero. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero …

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  • 35lie — I n. falsehood 1) to tell a lie 2) to give the lie to ( to prove to be false ) 3) a bald faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, deliberate, downright, monstrous, outright, transparent, whopping; white lie 4) a pack, tissue, web of lies 5) (misc.) to… …

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  • 36explode — ex|plode [ ık sploud ] verb ** ▸ 1 burst with great force ▸ 2 express sudden emotion ▸ 3 increase quickly ▸ 4 prove story/theory false ▸ 5 move/change quickly 1. ) intransitive to burst with a lot of force and a loud noise: BLOW UP: Bombs were… …

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  • 37disprove — [dis pro͞ov′, dis′pro͞ov′; dis′pro͞ov΄] vt. disproved, disproved or disproven, disproving [ME disproven < OFr desprover: see DIS & PROVE] to prove to be false or in error; refute; confute disprovable adj. SYN. DISPROVE implies the presenting… …

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  • 38falsify — To counterfeit or forge; to make something false; to give a false appearance to anything. To make false by mutilation, alteration, or addition; to tamper with, as to falsify a record or document. The word falsify may be used to convey two… …

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  • 39falsify — To counterfeit or forge; to make something false; to give a false appearance to anything. To make false by mutilation, alteration, or addition; to tamper with, as to falsify a record or document. The word falsify may be used to convey two… …

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  • 40falsify — falsifiable, adj. falsifiability, n. falsification /fawl seuh fi kay sheuhn/, n. falsifier, n. /fawl seuh fuy/, v., falsified, falsifying. v.t. 1. to make false or incorrect, esp. so as to deceive: to falsify income tax reports. 2. to alter… …

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