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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: True \True\ (tr[udd]), a. [Compar. {Truer} (tr[udd]"[~e]r); superl. {Truest}.] [OE. trewe, AS. tre['o]we faithful, true, from tre['o]w 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}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original. [1913 Webster] Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert. [1913 Webster] 4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian. [1913 Webster] The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. --John i. 9. [1913 Webster] True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 5. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: True \True\, adv. In accordance with truth; truly. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: true adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: {true}, {admittedly}, {avowedly}, {confessedly}] adj 1: consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" [ant: {false}] 2: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" [syn: {true}, {dead on target}] 3: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them" 4: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person" [syn: {truthful}, {true}] [ant: {untruthful}] 5: conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician" 6: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" [syn: {dependable}, {honest}, {reliable}, {true(p)}] 7: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [syn: {genuine}, {true(a)}, {unfeigned}] 8: rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend" 9: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north" 10: having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" [syn: {true(a)}, {lawful}, {rightful(a)}] 11: in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: {on-key}, {true}] 12: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: {true}, {straight}] n 1: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true" v 1: make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine" [syn: {true}, {true up}] From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: true menace; threaten