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Webster 1913 Edition
Truth
Truth
,Noun.
pl.
Truths
(#)
. 1.
The quality or being true; as: –
(a)
Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be. (b)
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
Plows, to go true, depend much on the
truth
of the ironwork. Mortimer.
(c)
Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
Alas! they had been friends in youth,
But whispering tongues can poison
But whispering tongues can poison
truth
. Coleridge.
(d)
The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
If this will not suffice, it must appear
That malice bears down
That malice bears down
truth
. Shakespeare
2.
That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor.
Zech. viii. 16.
I long to know the
truth
here of at large. Shakespeare
The
truth
depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. Coleridge.
3.
A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like;
as, the great
. truths
of moralsEven so our boasting . . . is found a
truth
. 2 Cor. vii. 14.
4.
Righteousness; true religion.
Grace and
truth
came by Jesus Christ. John i. 17.
Sanctify them through thy
truth
; thy word is truth
. John xvii. 17.
In truth
, in reality; in fact.
– Of a truth
, in reality; certainly.
– To do truth
, to practice what God commands.
He that
doeth truth
cometh to the light. John iii. 21.
Truth
,Verb.
T.
To assert as true; to declare.
[R.]
Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have
truthed
it heaven. Ford.
Webster 1828 Edition
Truth
TRUTH
, n.1.
Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of the scriptural prophecies. My mouth shall speak truth. Prov.8.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John. 17.
2.
True state of facts or things. The duty of a court of justice is to discover the truth. Witnesses are sworn to declare the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.3.
Conformity of words to thoughts, which is called moral truth. Shall truth fail to keep her word?
4.
Veracity; purity from falsehood; practice of speaking truth; habitual disposition to speak truth; as when we say, a man is a man of truth.5.
Correct opinion.6.
Fidelity; constancy. The thoughts of past pleasure and truth.
7.
Honesty; virtue. It must appear
That malice bears down truth.
8.
Exactness; conformity to rule. Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the iron work. [Not in use.]
9.
Real fact of just principle; real state of things. There are innumerable truths with which we are not acquainted. 10. Sincerity.
God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4.
11. The truth of God, is his veracity and faithfulness. Ps.71.
Or his revealed will.
I have walked in thy truth. Ps.26.
12. Jesus Christ is called the truth. John 14.
13. It is sometimes used by way of concession.
She said, truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crums-- Matt 15.
That is, it is a truth; what you have said, I admit to be true.
In truth, in reality; in fact.
Of a truth, in reality; certainly.
To do truth, is to practice what God commands. John 3.