Adjective

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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

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Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation

Spurious, artificial.

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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.

Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.

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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.

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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:whose false foundation waves have swept away

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

(lb) Out of tune.

Adjective

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Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

* 1913 , (Sax Rohmer), The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu , ch. 8,

We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. . . . I accepted the care of the canine patient.

* 2005 , , page 17

A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company

Dog-like.

* 1891 , (Arthur Quiller-Couch), "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses ,

In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine —positively.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

* 1872 , (Charles Darwin), Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals , ch. 10,

Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.