3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.]

In his falsed fancy.

Spenser.

4. To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] "And falsed oft his blows."

Spenser.

False"-faced` (?), a. Hypocritical. Shak.

False"-heart` (?), a. False- hearted. Shak.

False"-heart`ed, a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous;

deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"-heart`ed*ness, n. Bp.

Stillingfleet.

False"hood (?), n. [False + - hood] 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an

untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand

of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the

direction of the wheel which moveth it.

Fuller.

2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a

departure from moral integrity; a lie.

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