"true the vote"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I withdraw my suggestion that "verify" has much to do with it.

Too etymological for a mass movement.

JL
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> It certainly has wheels.
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> > *2.* To make true, as a piece of mechanism or the like; to place,
> > adjust, or shape accurately; to give the precise required form or
> > position to; to make accurately or perfectly straight, level, round,
> > smooth, sharp, etc. as required. Often with /up/.
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> Although OED only has 1841-1888, the most common usage today is removing
> the wobble from bicycle rims, although I've also heard it specialized
> for car wheels as well--and /never/ with "up". Same goes for
> "truing/trueing" (1847-1891).
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> The "make true" gloss only has one citation from 1647.
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>     VS-)
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> On 3/29/2011 3:42 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> > ... Worth monitoring to see if this verb has legs.
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