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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  True \True\, adv.
     In accordance with truth; truly. --Shak.
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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}.]
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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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Note: 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  true
       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: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real
          mink"; "true gold" [syn: {real}]
       3: conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is
          not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true
          mathematician"
       4: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was
          dead on target" [syn: {dead on target}]
       5: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or
          truth; "true believers bonded together against all who
          disagreed with them"
       6: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true
          statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
          [syn: {truthful}] [ant: {untruthful}]
       7: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an
          honest working stiff"; "a reliable source 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)}]
       8: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
          emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
          grief" [syn: {genuine}, {true(a)}, {unfeigned}]
       9: rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men
          have always admired"; "a true friend" [syn: {true(a)}]
       10: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than
           the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north"
           [syn: {true(a)}]
       11: having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir";
           "the true and lawful king" [syn: {true(a)}, {lawful}, {rightful(a)}]
       12: in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: {on-key}]
       13: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite
           true" [syn: {straight}]
       14: reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy"
       n : proper alignment; the property possessed by something that
           is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"
       adv : as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
             [syn: {admittedly}, {avowedly}, {confessedly}]
       v : make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the
           cylinder of an engine" [syn: {true up}]
       [also: {truest}, {truer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  298 Moby Thesaurus words for "true":
     Christian, absolute, acceptable, accepted, accommodate, accord,
     accurate, accurately, active, actual, adapt, adjust, adjust to,
     apodictic, applicable, appropriate, approved, ardent, arrowlike,
     ascertained, assimilate, attested, attune, authentic,
     authenticated, authoritative, be realized, befitting, bona fide,
     bound, candidly, canonical, careful, categorically true, certain,
     certified, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, come to pass,
     come true, committed, compliant, conclusive, confirmed, conforming,
     conscientious, consistent, constant, conventional, coordinate,
     correct, correctly, corroborated, creditable, customary, cut to,
     de facto, dead straight, decisive, dedicated, definite,
     demonstrated, dependable, desired, determinate, determined,
     devoted, devout, direct, documentary, duteous, dutiful, effectual,
     equalize, established, estimable, evangelical, even, exact,
     exactly, expressive, factual, faithful, faithworthy, fast, finicky,
     firm, fit, fitting, fix, fixed, flat, flinty, for real, frankly,
     fussy, gear to, genuine, happen, harmonize, high-principled,
     historical, homologate, homologize, honest, honest-to-God,
     honestly, honorable, horizontal, immovable, in a line,
     incorruptible, indicative, indubitable, ineluctable, inevitable,
     inflexible, inviolable, just, key to, kosher, lawful, legal,
     legitimate, level, liege, linear, literal, loyal, make plumb,
     make uniform, marble-constant, mathematical, meaningful, measure,
     meticulous, mindful, natural, necessary, normal, not in error,
     objectively true, observant, occur, of the faith, orthodox,
     orthodoxical, overnice, perfectly sure, place, positive,
     practicing, precise, predestined, predetermined, proper,
     proportion, proved, proven, punctilious, punctual, put in tune,
     real, realistic, received, reconcile, rectify, rectilineal,
     rectilinear, regardful, regular, regulate, reliable, resolute,
     responsible, right, right-minded, rightful, ruler-straight,
     scriptural, scrupulous, set, set right, settled, significant,
     similarize, sincere, sincerely, smooth, sot, sound, stable,
     standard, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, straight,
     straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, straightforwardly,
     streamlined, strict, substantial, substantiated, suggestive,
     suitable, sure, sure-enough, sync, synchronize, tailor, take,
     tested, textual, to be trusted, traditional, traditionalistic,
     tried, tried and true, trim to, true as gospel, true up, true-blue,
     true-meaning, true-speaking, true-tongued, truehearted, truly,
     trustable, trustworthy, trusty, truth-bearing, truth-declaring,
     truth-desiring, truth-filled, truth-guarding, truth-loving,
     truth-passing, truth-speaking, truth-telling, truthful, truthfully,
     tune, typical, unadulterated, unambiguous, unbending, unbent,
     unbowed, unbroken, unconfuted, uncurved, undeflectable,
     undeflected, undeniable, undenied, undesigning, undeviating,
     undissembled, undistorted, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring,
     unerroneous, unfailing, unfallacious, unfalse, unfeigned,
     unflappable, uninterrupted, univocal, unmistakable, unmistaken,
     unperfidious, unquestionable, unrefuted, unshaken, unswerving,
     untreacherous, unturned, unvarnished, unwavering, unyielding,
     upright, valid, validated, veracious, veridical, verifiable,
     verified, veritable, vertical, very, whole-hearted, worthy
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  True, WV
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