Crossword clues for truest
truest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time.
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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.
Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled.
--Milton.Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie.
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Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
--John i. 9.True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
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(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.
Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.
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.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: true)
WordNet
adj. 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]
not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold" [syn: real]
conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" [syn: dead on target]
devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"
expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person" [syn: truthful] [ant: untruthful]
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)]
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [syn: genuine, true(a), unfeigned]
rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend" [syn: true(a)]
determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north" [syn: true(a)]
having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" [syn: true(a), lawful, rightful(a)]
in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: on-key]
accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: straight]
reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy"
adv. as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]
See true
Usage examples of "truest".
I shall just lay my hand on my heart and say, I hope I shall ever have the truest, the warmest sense of your goodness.
I have always found an honest passion, or native instinct, the truest auxiliary in the warfare of this world.
The truest religion would, in many points, not be comprehended by the ignorant, nor consolatory to them, nor guiding and supporting for them.
But that which is the greatest battle, and in which the truest honor and most real success are to be won, is that which our intellect and reason and moral sense, our spiritual natures, fight against our sensual appetites and evil passions, our earthly and material or animal nature.
Religion, the truest, would not be comprehended by the ignorant, 224-m.
London, and it was with a heart heavy with gloomy forebodings that Mozart said good-bye to his truest friend.
This was notably the case with regard to the quarrel with Stephen Breuning, his best and truest friend, to whom, after a separation of years, he turned with an appeal for pardon that did honour to his heart.
And is not its vision then best, And truest, and farthest, and clearest?
It is love that alone gives life, and the truest life is that which we live not in ourselves but vicariously in others, and with which we have no concern.
In whose consciousness does their truest life consist--their own, or ours?
As by their truest characters, Their constant actions, plainly appears.
Before they break, to bend quite round, 80 So truest oaths are still most tough, And though they bow, are breaking proof.
Troubridge, who had the truest affection for Nelson, knew his infatuation, and feared that it might prove injurious to his character, as well as fatal to an enterprise which had begun so well, and been carried on so patiently.
It had before caused a quarrel with his son-in-law, and occasioned remonstrances from his truest friends, which produced no other effect than that of making him displeased with them, and more dissatisfied with himself.
What a glorious privilege it is to play our part in this history of the world, when Hinduism and Christianity will unite on behalf of Islam, and in that strife of mutual love and support each religion will attain its own truest shape and beauty.