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 October 3, 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. 3 Oct. 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 3 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5VAVHD5TZLWITF.