Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: FAL-SET'TO – FA-MIL'IAR
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FAL-SET'TO, n. [It.]
That part of a person's voice which lies above its natural compass.
FAL-SET'TO, n. [It.]
A feigned voice. Burke.
FALSI-CRIMEN, n. [Falsi crimen. L.]
A crime of forgery.
FALS'I-FI-A-BLE, a. [from falsify.]
That may be falsified, counterfeited or corrupted. Johnson.
FAL-SI-FI-CA'TION, n. [Fr. from falsifier.]
- The act of making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which is not; as, the falsification of words. Hooker.
- Confutation. Broome.
FALS-I-FI-CA'TOR, n.
A falsifier. Bp. Morton.
FALS'I-FI-ED, pp.
Counterfeited.
FALS'I-FI-ER, n.
- One who counterfeits, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; or one who makes false coin. Boyle.
- One who invents falsehood; a liar. L'Estrange.
- One who proves a thing to be false.
FALS'I-FY, v.i.
To tell lies; to violate the truth. It is universally unlawful to lie and falsify. South.
FALS'I-FY, v.t. [Fr. falsifier, from false.]
- To counterfeit; to forge; to make something false, or in imitation of that which is true; as, to falsify coin. The Irish bards use to falsify every thing. Spenser.
- To disprove; to prove to be false; as, to falsify a record.
- To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sidney.
- To show to be unsound, insufficient, or not proof. [Not in use.] His ample shield is falsified. Dryden.
FALS'I-FY-ING, ppr.
Counterfeiting; forging; lying; proving to be false; violating.
FALS'I-TY, n. [L. falsitas.]
- Contrariety or inconformity to truth; the quality of being false. Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South.
- Falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Glanville. [This sense is less proper.]
FAL'TER, v.i. [Sp. faltar, to be deficient, from falta, fault, defect, failing, from falir, to fail, falla, fault, defect; Port. faltar, to want, to miss; from L. fallo, the primary sense of which is to fall short, or to err, to miss, to deviate.]
- To hesitate, fail or break in the utterance of words; to speak with a broken or trembling utterance; to stammer. His tongue falters. He speaks with a faltering tongue. He falters at the question.
- To fail, tremble or yield in exertion; not to be firm and steady. His legs falter. Wiseman.
- To fail in the regular exercise of the understanding. We observe idiots to falter. Locke.
FAL'TER, v.t.
To sift. [Not in use.] Mortimer.
FAL'TER-ING, n.
Feebleness; deficiency. Killingbeck.
FAL'TER-ING, ppr.
Hesitating; speaking with a feeble, broken, trembling utterance; failing.
FAL'TER-ING-LY, adv.
With hesitation; with a trembling, broken voice; with difficulty or feebleness.
FAME, n. [L. fama; Fr. fame; Sp. and It. fama; Gr. φαμα, φημη, from φαω, to speak. I suspect this root to be contracted from φαγω or φακω, Class Bg. See No. 48, 62, and Facund.]
- Public report or rumor. The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. Gen. xiv.
- Favorable report; report of good or great actions; report that exalts the character; celebrity; renown; as, the fame of Howard or of Washington; the fame of Solomon. And the fame of Jesus went throughout all Syria. Matth. iv.
FAME, v.t.
- To make famous. B. Jonson.
- To report. Buck.
FAM'ED, a.
Much talked of; renowned; celebrated; distinguished and exalted by favorable reports. Aristides was famed for learning and wisdom, and Cicero for eloquence. He is famed for mildness, peace and prayer. Shak.
FAME-GIV-ING, a.
Bestowing fame.
FAME'LESS, a.
Without renown. Beaum.
FAME'LESS-LY, adv.
In a fameless manner.
FA-MIL'IAR, a. [famil'yar; L. familiaris; Fr. familier; Sp. familiar; from L. familia, family, which see.]
- Pertaining to a family; domestic. Pope.
- Accustomed by frequent converse; well acquainted with; intimate; close; as, a familiar friend or companion.
- Affable; not formal or distant; easy in conversation. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. Shak.
- Well acquainted with; knowing by frequent use. Be familiar with the Scriptures.
- Well known; learnt or well understood by frequent use. Let the Scriptures be familiar to us.
- Unceremonious; free; unconstrained; easy. The emperor conversed with the gentleman in the most familiar manner.
- Common; frequent and intimate. By familiar intercourse, strong attachments are soon formed.
- Easy; unconstrained; not formal. His letters are written in a familiar style. He sports in loose familiar strains. Addison.
- Intimate in an unlawful degree. A poor man found a priest familiar with his wife. Camden.
FA-MIL'IAR, n.
- An intimate; a close companion; one long acquainted; one accustomed to another by free, unreserved converse. All my familiars watched for my halting. Jer. xx.
- A demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at a call. But in general we say, a familiar spirit. Shak.
- In the court of Inquisition, a person who assists in apprehending and imprisoning the accused. Encyc.