TRUEING
Verb
trueing
present participle of true
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Source: Wiktionary
TRUE
True, a. [Compar. Truer; superl. Truest.] Etym: [OE. trewe, AS.
treówe faithful, true, from treów fidelity, faith, troth; akin to
OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n.,
D.trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj.,
triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen,
adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust,
OPruss druwis faith. Cf. Trow, Trust, Truth.]
1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of
things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a
true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true
when it states the facts.
2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact;
accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. Sir W. Scott.
3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the
like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious;
as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his
charge.
Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. Milton.
Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. Herbert.
4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure;
real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John i. 9.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope.
Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. Out of
true, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment,
etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose
circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.] -- A
true bill (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand
jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true.
– True time. See under Time.
True, adv.
Definition: In accordance with truth; truly. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition