Bergson’s answer is uncompromising: our ordinary perception and speech does falsifythe nature of reality, but (in spite of the apparent paradox) does not mislead.
Dhananjaya, the son of Pritha, will not falsify his oath.
After Karna hath been made carless, thy brave sons, headed by Duhsasana, O king, were not slain by the self-restrained Satyaki because the latter wished not to falsify the vow made by Bhimasena.
It behoveth thee not, O thou of the Vrishni race, to falsify that expectation of Dhananjaya, and also of myself and Bhima!
I hope that hero of prowess incapable of being baffled, did not falsify the expectations of Duryodhana and his brothers, all of whom were then afflicted with grief and fear, and desirous of being relieved from their danger.
They that are noble (like thee), never falsify the hopes of one devoted to them.
This is the punishment I give to those to whom I have given my heart, if they falsify their promise.
Upon these predictions of the astrologers, he has sought by all means possible to falsify my horoscope, and to preserve my life.
From all this it is clear what a profanation it is to falsify the truths and adulterate the goods of the Word, and how infernal it is to deny or to weaken its holiness.
Lord of Guise," she said, "I must not so far falsify the truth as to say that I am glad to see you.
Since you can cog] To cog signifies to falsify the dice, and to falsify a narrative, or to lye.
Never push your Lesson too far in hopes of suppling your Horse's Limbs by means of the Trot; instead of this you will falsify and harden his Apuy, which is a Case which happens but too frequently.
He seems afraid to give any artistic expression to his own faith, lest he should falsify it by over-expression, lest it should seem to be more accomplished than it is.
No experience can falsify this magnificent intuition.
Similarly, I dare not falsify what I have uttered.
It behoveth thee, therefore, not to falsifythy own words.
Will my sister then forget her promise, andfalsify her oaths?
He is a scoundrel only living by cunning, and whose devouring ambition leads him to sacrifice, when occasion offers, the dearest interests, and falsify the most sacred oaths.
A State institution ought to be considered the pride, not the shame of the State; and if we falsify such institutions, the disgrace is ours, not theirs.
By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope.
Defn: To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction.
To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word.
This hostile principle, which sought the banishment of the divine from earth, attempted to substitute a stuffed figure for a godly child, and falsify Judaism.
The assignment of the Tyrol to Italy may have a diplomatic defence as a design to falsifyfuture relations between Germans and Italians, to the advantage of France and England.
If Jesus Christ should allow thee once to think that he will cast thee out, he must allow thee to think that he will falsify his word; for he hath said, "I will in no wise cast out.
How very easily, seeing one half the truth, we can overleap too much intervening space and falsify the remaining half!
To forget it, and it is commonly forgotten, is to falsify every issue.
What makes the truth of a thing, my dear sir, is the way of presenting it; let us change this manner and we falsify it.
And if she consented, would she speak sincerely, without attempting to weaken or falsify the truth?
They were never to deny any trust, when required to deliver it up, nor to falsify their word on any occasion.
Such extreme changes would falsify all that we know of human nature; we might à priori pronounce them impossible; and in fact, upon searching history, we find other modes of solving the difficulty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "falsify" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
