4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.

For his molten image is falsehood.

Jer. x. 14.

No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper.

Milton.

Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.

False"ly (?), adv. In a false manner; erroneously; not truly;

perfidiously or treacherously. "O falsely, falsely murdered." Shak.

Oppositions of science, falsely so called.

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