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Post #4 by Zimmerman
Source ForumMacNN
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateTue, 30 Dec 2003 - 13:19
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050515015326/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=195041
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From Merriam-Webster,

n: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural truths /'tr�[th]z, 'tr�ths/
Etymology: Middle English trewthe, from Old English trEowth fidelity; akin to Old English trEowe faithful -- more at TRUE
Date: before 12th century
1 a archaic : FIDELITY, CONSTANCY b : sincerity in action, character, and utterance
2 a (1) : the state of being the case : FACT (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : ACTUALITY (3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b : a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true <truths of thermodynamics> c : the body of true statements and propositions
3 a : the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b chiefly British : TRUE 2 c : fidelity to an original or to a standard
4 capitalized, Christian Science : GOD
- in truth : in accordance with fact : ACTUALLY