What happened to true love knows no boundaries and all that?
At 1:42 a.m., a commenter bluntly asked: “Jeff, Is it true you are a convicted sex offender?”
true, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
One question was why Lynch did not think this was also true of cops who turned their backs earlier on Sunday.
Like his old man, he keeps it reined in, but when talking about fishing, a true regret seeps out.
Is there any other wisdom, than true simplicity and innocence?
"In spite of all that, it may be true enough," returned the lawyer, composedly.
Now, all at once, he saw this to be a world in which dreams come more than true.
That he was unable to do, even if it were true, which he doubted.
No doubt it was true, for she would have insisted on moderate cleanliness and comfort.
Old English triewe (West Saxon), treowe (Mercian) "faithful, trustworthy," from Proto-Germanic *trewwjaz "having or characterized by good faith" (cf. Old Frisian triuwi, Dutch getrouw, Old High German gatriuwu, German treu, Old Norse tryggr, Gothic triggws "faithful, trusty"), perhaps ultimately from PIE *dru- "tree," on the notion of "steadfast as an oak." Cf., from same root, Lithuanian drutas "firm," Welsh drud, Old Irish dron "strong," Welsh derw "true," Old Irish derb "sure."
Sense of "consistent with fact" first recorded c.1200; that of "real, genuine, not counterfeit" is from late 14c.; that of "agreeing with a certain standard" (as true north) is from c.1550. Of artifacts, "accurately fitted or shaped" it is recorded from late 15c.; the verb in this sense is from 1841. True-love (adj.) is recorded from late 15c.; true-born first attested 1590s. True-false as a type of test question is recorded from 1923.
