Chapter 572

Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20.

Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely ? Jer. vii. 9.

Falseness <Xpage=540>

False"ness , n. The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.

Falser <Xpage=540>

Fals"er (?) , n. A deceiver. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Falsetto <Xpage=540>

Fal*set"to (?) , n. ; pl. Falsettos (#) . [It. falsetto , dim. fr. L. falsus . See False .] A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice , under Voice .

Falsicrimen <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*cri"men (?) . [L.] (Civ. Law) The crime of falsifying.

&hand; This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses of a like character.

Burrill. Greenleaf.

Falsifiable <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*fi`a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. OF. falsifiable .] Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.

Johnson.

Falsification <Xpage=540>

Fal`si*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. falsification .] 1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications . Bacon.

2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.

Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.

3. (Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.

Story.

Falsificator <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*fi*ca`tor (?) , n. [Cf. F. falsificateur .] A falsifier.

Bp. Morton.

Falsifier <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*fi`er (?) , n. One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.

Falsify <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Falsified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Falsifying .] [L. falsus false + -ly : cf. F. falsifier . See False , a. ] 1. To make false; to represent falsely.

The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man. Spenser.

2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin .

3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.

By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. Shak.

Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction. Addison.

4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word .

Sir P. Sidney.

5. To baffie or escape; as, to falsify a blow .

Bulter.

6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment.

Blackstone.

7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.

Story. Daniell.

8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document .

Falsify <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*fy , v. i. To tell lies; to violate the truth.

It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify .

South.

Falsism <Xpage=540>

Fals"ism (?) , n. That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism .

Falsity <Xpage=540>

Fal"si*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Falsities (#) . [L. falsitas : cf. F. fausset\'82 , OF. also, falsit\'82 . See False , a. ] 1. The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South.

2. That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

Men often swallow falsities for truths. Sir T. Brown.

Syn. -- Falsehood; lie; deceit. -- Falsity , Falsehood , Lie . Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him.

Falter <Xpage=540>

Fal"ter (?) , v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Falter <Xpage=540>

Fal"ter , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Faltered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Faltering .] [OE. falteren , faltren , prob. from fault . See Fault , v . & n. ] 1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters .

With faltering speech and visage incomposed. Milton.

2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs falter ."

Wiseman.

3. To hesitate in purpose or action.

Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. Shak.

4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.

Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters . I. Taylor.

Falter <Xpage=540>

Fal"ter , v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.

And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron.

Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine." Tennyson.

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Falter <Xpage=541>

Fal"ter (?) , n. [See Falter , v. i. ] Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice .

The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. Lowell.

Faltering <Xpage=541>

Fal"ter*ing , a. Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." Milton . -- n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly , adv.

Faluns <Xpage=541>

Fa`luns" (?) , n. [F.] (Geol.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.

Falwe <Xpage=541>

Fal"we (?) , a. & n. Fallow. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Falx <Xpage=541>

Falx (?) , n. [L., a sickle.] (Anat.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

Famble <Xpage=541>

Fam"ble (?) , v. i. [OE. falmelen ; cf. SW. famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, falter, hesitate, Isel. f\'belma to grope. Cf. Famble .] To stammer. [Obs.]

Nares.

Famble <Xpage=541>

Fam"ble , n. [Cf. Famble , v .] A hand [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our fambles ."

Beau. & Fl.

Fame <Xpage=541>

Fame (?) , n. [OF. fame , L. fama , fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ a saying, report, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to speak. See Ban , and cf. Fable , Fate , Euphony , Blame .] 1. Public report or rumor.

The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. Gen. xlv. 16.

2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington .

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

Syn. -- Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.

Fame <Xpage=541>

Fame , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Famed (?) ,; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming .] 1. To report widely or honorably.

The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton.

2. To make famous or renowned.

Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton.

Fameless <Xpage=541>

Fame"less , a. Without fame or renown. -- Fame"less*ly , adv.

Familiar <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil`iar (?) , a. [OE. familer , familier , F. familier , fr. L. familiaris , fr. familia family. See Family .] 1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. " Familiar feuds."

Byron.

2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures .

3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. "In loose, familiar strains."

Addison.

Be thou familiar , but by no means vulgar. Shak.

4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration .

That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and familiar to us. Shak.

There is nothing more familiar than this. Locke.

5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.

Camden.

Familiar spirit , a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call.

1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.

Familiar <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil"iar , n. 1. An intimate; a companion.

All my familiars watched for my halting. Jer. xx. 10.

2. An attendant demon or evil spirit.

Shak.

3. (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

Familiarity <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil`iar"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Familiarities (#) . [OE. familarite , F. familiarit\'82 fr. L. faniliaritas . See Familiar .] 1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity .

2. Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl. , such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.

Syn. -- Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance .

Familiarization <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion (?) , n. The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood .

Familiarize <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil"iar*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Familiarized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Familiarizing (?) .] [Cf. F. familiariser .] 1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress .

2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science .

Familiarly <Xpage=541>

Fa"mil"iar*ly , adv. In a familiar manner.

Familiarness <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil"iar*ness , n. Familiarity. [R.]

Familiary <Xpage=541>

Fa*mil"ia*ry (?) , a. [L. familiaris . See Familiar .] Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.]

Milton.

Familism <Xpage=541>

Fam"i*lism (?) , n. The tenets of the Familists.

Milton.

Familist <Xpage=541>

Fam"i*list (?) , n. [From Family .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love , who held that religion consists wholly in love.

Familistery <Xpage=541>

Fam"i*lis*ter*y (?) , n. ; pl. Familisteries (<?/) . [F. familist\'8are .] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.

Familistic, Familistical <Xpage=541>

Fam`i*listic (?) , Fam`i*lis"tic*al (?) , a. Pertaining to Familists.

Baxter.

Family <Xpage=541>

Fam"i*ly (?) , n. ; pl. Families (#) . [L. familia , fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh\'beman house, fr. dh\'be to set, make, do: cf. F. famille . Cf. Do , v. t. , Doom , Fact , Feat .] 1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. H. Spencer.

3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family ; the family of Abraham; the father of a family .

Go ! and pretennd your family is young. Pope.

4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family .

6. A groupe of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family .

7. (Biol.) A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zo\'94logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.

Family circle . See under Circle . -- Family man . (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him andd dependent upon him. (b) A man of domestic habits. "The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men ." Mayhew . -- Family of curves &or; surfaces (Geom.) , a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation. -- In a family way , like one belonging to the family. "Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way , and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?" Thackeray . -- In the family way , pregnant. [Colloq.]

Famine <Xpage=541>

Fam"ine (?) , n. [F. famine , fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ want, need, Skr. h\'beni loss, lack, h\'be to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine ."

Milton.

There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.

Famine fever (Med.) , typhus fever.

Famish <Xpage=541>

Fam"ish (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Famished (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing .] [OE. famen ; cf. OF. afamer , L. fames . See Famine , and cf. Affamish .] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

Shak.

2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

And when all the land of Egypt was famished , the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55.

The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden.

3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton.

4. To force or constrain by famine.

He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke.

Famish <Xpage=541>

Fam"ish , v. i. 1. To die of hunger; to starve.

2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.

You are all resolved rather to die than to famish ? Shak.

3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish . Prov. x. 3.

Famishment <Xpage=541>

Fam"ish*ment (?) , n. State of being famished.

Famosity <Xpage=541>

Fa*mos"i*ty (?) , n. [L. famositas infamy: cf. F. famosit\'82 . See Famous .] The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Famous <Xpage=541>

Fa"mous (?) , a. [L. famosus , fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux . See Fame .] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for ; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.

Famous for a scolding tongue. Shak.

Syn. -- Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. -- Famous , Renowned , Illustrious . Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious , to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished .

Famoused <Xpage=541>

Fa"moused (?) , a. Renowned. [Obs.]

Shak.

Famously <Xpage=541>

Fa"mous*ly (?) , adv. In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.

Then this land was famously enriched With politic grave counsel. Shak.

Famousness <Xpage=541>

Fa"mous*ness , n. The state of being famous.

Famular <Xpage=541>

Fam"u*lar (?) , n. [Cf. L. famularis of servants.] Domestic; familiar. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Famulate <Xpage=541>

Fam"u*late (?) , v. i. [L. famulatus , p.p. of famulari to serve, fr. famulus servant.] To serve. [Obs.]

Famulist <Xpage=541>

Fam"u*list (?) , n. [L. famulus servant.] A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]

Fan <Xpage=541>