fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
(Latin: to make, to do, to build, to cause, to produce; forming, shaping)
1. Someone who makes changes in a report in order to make it incorrect or untrue: The police were sure they had the right person who was the falsifier of the financial statements.
2. People who make erroneous statements or who misrepresent themselves: The economic advisor was a falsifier who deliberately fooled investors who trusted him.
3. Anyone who counterfeits or who gives something a deceptive appearance: The counterfeit artist was actually a falsifier who created paintings of famous artists himself and claimed that they were the actual works of other painters.
2. People who make erroneous statements or who misrepresent themselves: The economic advisor was a falsifier who deliberately fooled investors who trusted him.
3. Anyone who counterfeits or who gives something a deceptive appearance: The counterfeit artist was actually a falsifier who created paintings of famous artists himself and claimed that they were the actual works of other painters.
fashion
fashionable (adjective), more fashionable, most fashionable
1.Pertaining to a contemporary and popular style: Ruth was certainly wearing the most fashionable and elegant dress at the prom.
2. Concerning a current use or custom at a certain time: Jane said that possessing an expensive smart phone was a very fashionable thing to have.
2. Concerning a current use or custom at a certain time: Jane said that possessing an expensive smart phone was a very fashionable thing to have.
fashionableness
fashionably (adverb), more fashionably, most fashionably
Descriptive of how something is done in a stylish manner: Mrs. Hathaway was fashionably dressed for her daughter's wedding with matching shoes, hat, and purse.
1. An exact copy, or reproduction, of something; such as, a document, a coin, or somebone's handwriting.
2. 3. A method, or device, for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio, or telephone, for exact reproduction elsewhere.
2. 3. A method, or device, for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio, or telephone, for exact reproduction elsewhere.
An abbreviated form of "fax" is normally used for "facsimile messages".
From an etymological perspective, it is redundant to say, "Would you make a facsimile of this document, please." The term facsimile came from the Latin phrase fac simile, meaning "to make similar", and it was at one time written in English as two words.
In its first recorded English use, facsimile meant "the copying of anything; an imitation".
feasance
feasibility
feasible (adjective), more feasible, most feasible
1. A reference to something which can be accomplished or successfully achieved: James had a feasible explanation as to why he was able to finish his project on time.
2. Pertaining to something that can be done properly without too much difficulty: The construction company chose the most feasible solution available by asking an experienced contractor to build a new hotel in town.
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2. Pertaining to something that can be done properly without too much difficulty: The construction company chose the most feasible solution available by asking an experienced contractor to build a new hotel in town.
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feasibly
feasibly
feat
feature
febrifacient
1. A substance that produces fever.
2. Causing or favoring the development of fever.
3. Anything that produces fever.
2. Causing or favoring the development of fever.
3. Anything that produces fever.
feckless
