I to myself was false, ere thou to me.

Milton.

3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to

deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit;

hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false

jewelry.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

Shak.

5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false

claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.

Whose false foundation waves have swept away.

Spenser.

6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are

temporary or supplemental.

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