• Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. • Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. • Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. • Not in tune. • Not truly; not honestly; falsely. • To report falsely; to falsify. • To betray; to falsify. • To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. • To feign; to pretend to make.