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True; faithful; trustworthy.

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  1. superl. True; faithful; trustworthy.
  2. superl. Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
  3. a. Truth; reality.
  4. a. Augury; prognostication.
  5. a. Blandishment; cajolery.
  6. n. truth or reality
  7. 1. True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.] The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt. Chaucer. That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. Spensser. 2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.] The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. Milton. With jellies soother than the creamy curd. Keats. 1. Truth; reality. [Archaic] The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer. In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. Shak. In good sooth, Its mystery is love, its meaninng youth. Longfellow. 2. Augury; prognostication. [Obs.] The soothe of birds by beating of their wings. Spenser. 3. Blandishment; cajolery. [Obs.] Shak.