| True (true) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| True |
| [Compar.
Truer (?); superl. Truest.] [OE.
trewe, AS. treówe faithful, true, from
treów fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe,
adj., tre |
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.
Right to precision; conformable to a rule or
pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of
the original.
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.
Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or
pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of
country; a true Christian.
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In accordance with truth;
truly.
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| a. | (tr***oomac]) |
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| True |
| (Biol.) |
Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a
class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a
true, but not a typical, mammal.
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