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   True (trṳ), a. [Compar. Truer (trṳẽr); superl. Truest.] [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.]
   
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   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”.
   
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   2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, “a true copy; a true likeness of the original”.
   
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   Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Thy so true,
   
   So faithful, love unequaled. Milton.
   
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   Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. Herbert.
   
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   4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, “true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian”.
   
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   The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. John i. 9.
   
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   True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope.
   
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   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”.
   
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   ☞ True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.
   
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   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.
   
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   True, adv. In accordance with truth; truly.  Shak.
   
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