Meanings
present singular third person falsens · participle present falsening · participle past falsened · past falsened
- transitiveTo make false; falsify
In fact, just as his master Chaucer did before him, Milburn “falsened” his material in some productive ways.
2014, Peter G. Beidler, The Lives of the Miller's Tale, page 1552 more examples
In a modern time, we are living with a system of classes so intense, a society of such unnatural complication, that the whole action of our mind is hampered and falsened by it.
1997, Donald David Stone, Communications with the Future: Matthew Arnold in Dialogue, page 31That was one thing that I couldn't bear. Much better if he just hated queers. Without even trying to justify it. But he obviously had to, and that falsened his position.
2011, Gabriella West, The Leaving
Origin
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falsen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falsen
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