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  1. adjective Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous. See Synonyms at real1. See Usage Note at fact.
  2. adjective Truthful.
  3. adjective Real; genuine. See Synonyms at authentic.
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  1. Middle English trewe, from Old English trēowe, firm, trustworthy; see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also trew, trewe; from Middle English true, truwe, treue, trewe, triwe, treowe, from Anglo-Saxon treówe, try¯we (also getreówe, getry¯we) = Old Saxon triuwi = OFries. triuwe = Dutch trouw = Middle Low German truwe, Low German trou = Old High German *triuwi, Middle High German triuwe, German treu (also Old High German gitriuwi, Middle High German getriuwe, German getreu) = Icelandic tryggr, trūr = Swedish trogen = Danish tro = Gothic (Moesogothic) triggws, true; from a root (Teutonic √ tru, Aryan √ dru) seen also in trow, trust, etc., and in Old Prussian druwi, druwis, faith, druwīt, believe. Hence ult. true, n., truce, truth, troth, etc. Cf. also trow, trust, and trig.
  2. from Middle English truwe, tru, trewe, from Anglo-Saxon treów, also treówa. trūwa, truth, faith, fidelity, compact, = Old Saxon trewa = OFries. triuwe = Middle Low German truwe, trouwe, Low German troue = Old High German triuwa, Middle High German triuwe, German treue = Swedish Danish tro, truth, faithfulness, = Gothic (Moesogothic) triggwa, a covenant (later Italian tregua = Spanish tregua = Portuguese tregoa = Provencal tregua = Old French trive, trieve, French trêve, a truce; cf. treague); from the adjective, Anglo-Saxon treówe, etc., true, faithful: see true, adjective Hence the plural trues, now truce as a singular.
  3. from true, n. Cf. trow.
 

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