单词 | truthify |
释义 | truthifyv.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > act or speak sincerely [verb (intransitive)] to open one's budget1548 to wear one's heart on one's tongue (also in one's mouth)?1576 truthify1647 to mean what one says1750 to let it all hang out1970 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Eph. iv. 15) 221 Speaking the truth, or, Doing the truth, as the Vulgar hath it. Truthifying, or following the truth, as one rendereth it. 1690 M. Sylvester in S. Annesley Casuistical Morning-exercises xiv. f. 334v This is indeed..to truthifie in Love, if I may make an English Word to express the valor of the Greek Word, ἀληθεύοντες ἐν ἀγάπη. 2. transitive. colloquial. To prove (a statement, theory, etc.) to be true. Often contrasted with falsify. Cf. verify v. ΚΠ 1908 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 12 Mar. 3/2 A truth is not a truth till it is truthified. 1952 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 13 527 The pragmatic plan of endeavor to ‘truthify’ the idea is evident in the illustration. It is philosophic in character in that it assumes we seek to find truth. 2008 F. Wilczek Lightness of Being xix. 182 Is Popper's claim true? Can you falsify it?..The mark of a good scientific theory is that you can truthify it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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