[f. prec. sb., in various independent senses.]
† 1. trans. To believe, trust. Obs.
a. 1300[?]. Prayer to Virgin, 24, in O. E. Misc., 196. Wil ich neuer eft more Lauedi for þine sake treuþen feondes lore.
† 2. a. intr. To plight one’s troth; to enter into an engagement of marriage. b. trans. To betroth, affiance: = TROTH v. Obs.
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 1660. Ȝyf an oþer treuþeþ seþe Wyþ word of þat hys nouþe.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing), 8639. Þer treuþed Arthour Gwenore, his quen.
c. 1412. Hoccleve, De Reg. Princ., 3690. She truthede was to Indibal.
† 3. trans. To name or call truly; to describe with truth as. Obs. nonce-use.
1638. Ford, Fancies, II. ii. The ancients Who chatted of the golden age, feign’d trifles. Had they dreamt this, they would have truth’d it heav’n.
† 4. intr. with it: To speak or deal truly (nonce-rendering of Gr. ἀληθεύειν in Eph. iv. 15). Obs.
1648. T. Hill, Serm. Truth & Love, 21. Truthing it in love, which were an admirable motto for saints.
1656. S. Winter, Serm., Ep. Ded. I have without gall … managed this controversie, truthing it in love.
5. trans. To bring to ‘truth’ (TRUTH sb. 6), adjust accurately: = TRUE v. 2.
1881. J. W. Warman, in Eng. Mechanic, No. 874. 368/1. It permits of the removal of such Rails for any truthing which they may require.
Hence Truthing vbl. sb., † a. the action of plighting troth, contract of marriage (obs.); b. (see sense 5).
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 1665. Bote ȝef þer folȝede þat treuþyng A ferst flesch ymone. Ibid., 1759. And ȝer þer hys condicioun Yset atter treuþynge.
