Fact

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Fact
Author: Noah Webster

FACT, n. [L. factum, from facio, to make or do.]

1. Any thing done, or that comes to pass; an act; a deed; an effect produced or achieved; an event. Witnesses are introduced into court to prove a fact. Facts are stubborn things. To deny a fact knowingly is to lie.

2. Reality; truth; as, in fact. So we say, indeed.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Fact," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed June 10, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5VAVHD5TZLWITF.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Fact." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 10 Jun. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5VAVHD5TZLWITF.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Fact' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 10 June 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5VAVHD5TZLWITF.