Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A truing-tool.
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- adjective
comparative form oftrue : moretrue
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Examples
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In our aspirations after what we called a truer life there was no material taint.
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In our aspirations after what we called a truer life there was no material taint.
Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Bayard Taylor 1851
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United States, how much truer is it of the whole world in which two out of every three people suffer premature death for the lack of the primary necessities of life.
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The arrival of the peak oil phenomena and gasoline prices unthinkable to comfortably numb Americans has begun to make Lane's title truer than it would have been even a year ago.
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The arrival of the peak oil phenomena and gasoline prices unthinkable to comfortably numb Americans has begun to make Lane's title truer than it would have been even a year ago.
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The arrival of the peak oil phenomena and gasoline prices unthinkable to comfortably numb Americans has begun to make Lane's title truer than it would have been even a year ago.
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Only Bruce, it seems, can ride the capitalist beast, shake the dirt off and come out feeling cleaner and purer - and "truer" - than ever before.
PopPolitics.com 2009
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It was a split second decision that seems to have stuck with us, but I do feel as though the name grows truer with age.
Mike Ragogna: Jill Scott's Video Exclusive, Plus Chatting With The Wombats and The Postelles, and More Mike Ragogna 2011
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It was a split second decision that seems to have stuck with us, but I do feel as though the name grows truer with age.
Mike Ragogna: Jill Scott's Video Exclusive, Plus Chatting With The Wombats and The Postelles, and More Mike Ragogna 2011
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"Nivir a word truer by song or by book, and stand by the text, say I.
Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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