2. 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. --Sir
W. Scott.
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.
Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton.
Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert.
4. 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.
--Pope.
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}.