Bible Dictionaries
False

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) To feign; to pretend to make.

(2):

(superl.) Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

(3):

(superl.) Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.

(4):

(superl.) Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

(5):

(superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.

(6):

(superl.) Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.

(7):

(superl.) Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

(8):

(superl.) Not in tune.

(9):

(adv.) Not truly; not honestly; falsely.

(10):

(a.) To report falsely; to falsify.

(11):

(a.) To betray; to falsify.

(12):

(a.) To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'False'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/false.html. 1828.