Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 6
Falsettos (n. pl. ) of Falsetto
Falsetto (n.) A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
Falsicrimen () [L.] (Civ. Law) The crime of falsifying.
Note: This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses of a like character. -- Burrill. Greenleaf.
Falsifiable (a.) Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.
Falsification (n.) The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
Falsification (n.) Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
Falsification (n.) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.
Falsificator (n.) A falsifier.
Falsifier (n.) 偽造者；撒謊的人 One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.
Falsifier (n.) Someone who falsifies.
Falsify (v. i.) 撒謊 To tell lies; to violate the truth.
It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify.
South.
Falsified (imp. & p. p.) of Falsify
Falsifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Falsify
Falsify (v. t.) 竄改；偽造；歪曲； 證明……虛假 To make false; to represent falsely.
The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man. -- Spenser.
Falsify (v. t.) To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.
Falsify (v. t.) To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.
By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. -- Shak.
Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffle and falsify the prediction. -- Addison.
Falsify (v. t.) To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Falsify (v. t.) To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow. -- Butler.
Falsify (v. t.) (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. -- Blackstone.
Falsify (v. t.) (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. -- Story. Daniell.
Falsify (v. t.) To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.
Falsify (v.) Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: falsify, distort, garble, warp].
Falsify (v.) Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent].
Falsify (v.) Prove false; "Falsify a claim".
Falsify (v.) Falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" [ant: correct, rectify, right].
Falsify (v.) Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [syn: interpolate, alter, falsify].
Falsism (n.) That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism.
Falsities (n. pl. ) of Falsity
Falsity (n.) The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.
Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. -- South.
Falsity (n.) That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.
Men often swallow falsities for truths. -- Sir T. Brown.
Syn: Falsehood; lie; deceit.
Usage: Falsity, Falsehood, Lie. Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him.
Falsity (n.) The state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" [syn: falsity, falseness] [ant: the true, trueness, truth, verity].
Falsity (n.) A false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth] [ant: true statement, truth].
Falter (v. t.) To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Faltered (imp. & p. p.) of Falter
Faltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Falter
Falter (v. i.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
With faltering speech and visage incomposed. -- Milton.
Falter (v. i.) To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs falter." -- Wiseman.
Falter (v. i.) To hesitate in purpose or action.
Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. -- Shak.
Falter (v. i.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. -- I. Taylor.
Falter (v. t.) To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
And here he faltered forth his last farewell. -- Byron.
Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine." -- Tennyson.
Falter (n.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. -- Lowell.
Falter (n.) The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering].
Falter (v.) Be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: falter, waver].
Falter (v.) Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: falter, waver].
Falter (v.) Walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn: stumble, falter, bumble].
Falter (v.) Speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter, stammer, falter].
Faltering (a.) Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." -- Milton.
Faltering (n.) Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Faltering (a.) Unsteady in speech or action.
Faltering (n.) The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering].
Faluns (n.) [F.] (Geol.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.
Falwe (a. & n.) Fallow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Falx (n.) (Anat.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
Famble (v. i.) To stammer. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Famble (n.) A hand. [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our fambles." -- Beau. & Fl.
Fame (n.) Public report or rumor.
The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. -- Gen. xlv. 16.
Fame (n.) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. -- Shak.
Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.
Famed (imp. & p. p.) of Fame
Faming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fame
Fame (v. t.) To report widely or honorably.
The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. -- Milton.
Fame (v. t.) To make famous or renowned.
Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. -- Milton.
Fame (n.) The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy, opprobrium].
Fame (n.) Favorable public reputation [ant: infamy].
FAME, () FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe)
Fameless (a.) Without fame or renown. -- Fame"less*ly, adv.
Familiar (a.) Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." -- Byron.
Syn: familial.
Familiar (a.) Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. "In loose, familiar strains." -- Addison.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. -- Shak.
Familiar (a.) Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and familiar to us. -- Shak.
There is nothing more familiar than this. -- Locke.
Familiar (a.) Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. -- Camden.
Familiar spirit, A demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call. -- 1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.
Familiar (n.) An intimate; a companion.
All my familiars watched for my halting. -- Jer. xx. 10.
Familiar (n.) An attendant demon or evil spirit. -- Shak.
Familiar (n.) (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
Familiar (a.) Well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" [ant: unfamiliar].
Familiar (a.) Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences" [ant: strange, unusual].
Familiar (a.) (Usually followed by `with') Well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" [syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)].
Familiar (a.) Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar, intimate].
Familiar (n.) A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
Familiar (n.) A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate].
Familiar (n.) A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard [syn: familiar, familiar spirit].
Familiar (a.) (Easy to recognize) (B1) 熟悉的；常見的；常聽說 Easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, etc. before.
// There were one or two familiar faces (= people I knew).
// The house looked strangely familiar, though she knew she'd never been there before.
// The street was familiar to me.
Be familiar with sth/ sb (B2) 對…熟悉 To know something or someone well.
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with your poetry.
Familiar (a.) (Friendly) 隨便的；親近的 Informal and friendly, sometimes in a way that does not show respect to someone who is not a family member or close friend.
// He patted her back in an overly familiar way.
// He doesn't like to be too familiar with his staff.
Idiom: Be on familiar terms
Be on familiar terms 關係親密 To have a close and informal relationship.
We had met before, but we were hardly (= not) on familiar terms.
Familiar (n.) [ C ] 知交；（以貓、鳥等形象出現，與女巫為伴的）妖精 A close friend, or a spirit in the shape of a cat, bird, or other animal that is the close companion of a witch.
Familiarities (n. pl. ) of Familiarity
Familiarity (n.) The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
Familiarity (n.) Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
Syn: Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance.
Familiarity (n.) Personal knowledge or information about someone or something [syn: acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy].
Familiarity (n.) Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known [ant: strangeness, unfamiliarity].
Familiarity (n.) Close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: familiarity, intimacy, closeness].
Familiarity (n.) A casual manner [syn: casualness, familiarity].
Familiarity (n.) An act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty].
Familiarization (n.) The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.
Familiarization (n.) The experience of becoming familiar with something [syn: familiarization, familiarisation].
Familiarized (imp. & p. p.) of Familiarize
Familiarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Familiarize
Familiarize (v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress ; we familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings.
Familiarize (v. t.) To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.
Familiarize (v.) Make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" [syn: familiarize, familiarise, acquaint].
Familiarly (adv.) In a familiar manner.
Familiarly (adv.) In an intimately familiar manner; "Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group".
Familiarness (n.) Familiarity. [R.]
Familiary (a.) Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Familism (n.) The tenets of the Familists. -- Milton.
Familist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love.
Familisteries (n. pl. ) of Familistery
Familistery (n.) A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs. Familistic
Familistic (a.) Alt. of Familistical
Familistical (a.) Pertaining to Familists. -- Baxter.
Compare: Natural family
Natural family (n.) (Biol.) A group of living organisms classed as a family in a toxonomic classification.
Families (n. pl. ) of Family
Family (n.) The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
Family (n.) The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. -- H. Spencer.
Family (n.) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
Go ! and pretend your family is young. -- Pope.
Family (n.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
Family (n.) Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
Family (n.) A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
Family (n.) (Biol.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
{Family circle}. See under {Circle}.
{Family man} A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him and dependent upon him.
{Family man} A man of domestic habits. "The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men." -- Mayhew.
{Family of curves} or {Family of surfaces} (Geom.), A group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation.
{In a family way} Like one belonging to the family. "Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?" -- Thackeray.
{In the family way} Pregnant. [Colloq. euphemism]
Family (n.) A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: {family}, {household}, {house}, {home}, {menage}].
Family (n.) Primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" [syn: {family}, {family unit}].
Family (n.) A collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: {class}, {category}, {family}].
Family (n.) People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: {family}, {family line}, {folk}, {kinfolk}, {kinsfolk}, {sept}, {phratry}].
Family (n.) A person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" [syn: {kin}, {kinsperson}, {family}].
Family (n.) (Biology) A taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family".
Family (n.) A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities [syn: {syndicate}, {crime syndicate}, {mob}, {family}].
Family (n.) An association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" [syn: {family}, {fellowship}].
Family (n.) Domestic relations. In a limited sense it signifies the father, mother, and children. In a more extensive sense it comprehends all the individuals who live under the authority of another, and includes the servants of the family. It is also employed to signify all the relations who descend from a common ancestor, or who spring from a common root. Louis. Code, art. 3522, No. 16; 9 Ves. 323.
Family (n.) In the construction of wills, the word family, when applied to personal property is synonymous with kindred, or relations. It may, nevertheless, be confined to particular relations by the context of the will, or may be enlarged by it, so that the expression may in some cases mean children, or next of kin, and in others, may even include relations by marriage. 1 Rop. on Leg. 115 1 Hov. Supp. 365, notes, 6 and 7; Brown v. Higgs; 4 Ves. 708; 2 Ves. jr. 110; 3 East, Rep. 172 5 Ves. 156 1,7 Ves. 255 S. 126. Vide article Legatee. See Dig. lib. 50, t. 16, 1. 195, s. 2.
Famine (n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." -- Milton.
There was a famine in the land. -- Gen. xxvi. 1.
Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.
Famine (n.) An acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine, shortage].
Famine (n.) A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.
Famine, () The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Gerar (Gen. 26:1, 17). But the most remarkable of all was that which arose in Egypt in the days of Joseph, which lasted for seven years (Gen. 41-45).
Famines were sent as an effect of God's anger against a guilty people (2 Kings 8:1, 2; Amos 8:11; Deut. 28:22-42; 2 Sam. 21:1; 2 Kings 6:25-28; 25:3; Jer. 14:15; 19:9; 42:17, etc.). A famine was predicted by Agabus (Acts 11:28). Josephus makes mention of the famine which occurred A.D. 45. Helena, queen of Adiabene, being at Jerusalem at that time, procured corn from Alexandria and figs from Cyprus for its poor inhabitants.
Famished (imp. & p. p.) of Famish.
Famishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Famish.
Famish (v. t.) 使挨餓 To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. -- Shak.
Famish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. -- Cen. xli. 55.
The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. -- Dryden.
Famish (v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
And famish him of breath, if not of bread. -- Milton.
Famish (v. t.) To force or constrain by famine.
He had famished Paris into a surrender. -- Burke.
Famish (v. i.) 飢餓，挨餓 To die of hunger; to starve.
Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? -- Shak.
Famish (v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. -- Prov. x. 3.
Famish (v.) Be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" [syn: starve, hunger, famish] [ant: be full].
Famish (v.) Deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" [syn: starve, famish] [ant: feed, give].
Famish (v.) Die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" [syn: starve, famish].
Famishment (n.) State of being famished.
Famishment (n.) A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: starvation, famishment].
Famosity (n.) The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.
Famous for a scolding tongue. -- Shak.
Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.
Usage: Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished.
Famous (a.) Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned].
Famous (a.) 著名的；出名的；有名的 (A1) Known and recognized by many people.
// A famous actress/ building.
// Marie Curie is famous for her contribution to science.
// A city famous for its nightlife.
Famoused (a.) Renowned. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Famously (adv.) In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.
Then this land was famously enriched With politic grave counsel. -- Shak.
Famously (adv.) In a manner or to an extent that is well known; "in his famously anecdotal style".
Famously (adv.) Extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously" [syn: excellently, magnificently, splendidly, famously].
Famousness (n.) The state of being famous.
Famular (n.) Domestic; familiar. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Famulate (v. i.) To serve. [Obs.]
Famulist (n.) A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]
Fan (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as: