/tɹuːs/, /tɹus/, /ˈtɹʉs/
OriginFrom Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
- A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
“An uneasy truce”
“[I]n about ſix VVeeks or tvvo Months, the Dyſentery gave Truce, in vvhich Time I vvas often fretted vvith ſtrangurious Symptoms.”
- An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.
“He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.”
“They should meet that night on some neutral spot to ratify the truce.”
“[T]hey marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. As their spit mingled, so was their agreement made binding.”
- intransitiveTo come to an agreement to cease fighting.
“Only undaunted Henry de Tracey […] held up the cause; trucing at last, in loyal terms, till the king should become more powerful and be able in person to restrain the country.”
Formstruces(plural) · truces(present, singular, third-person) · trucing(participle, present) · truced(participle, past) · truced(past)