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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 226

DISPUTE
RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

resolvedestablished

Did true originally mean only factually correct?

No. The reviewed English history foregrounds faithful, steadfast, loyal, and trustworthy senses before and beside modern factual accuracy.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 226

true

/truː/ · adjective

In accord with fact, reality, or a standard; historically an inherited word whose older center is firmness, faithfulness, and steadfastness.

01

DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
Merriam-Webster gives Old English trēowe “faithful,” and American Heritage explicitly traces the loyalty field.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The dossier retains semantic plurality instead of declaring the current factual sense false.