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Traditional English :: veridical
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veriy.html - adj. 1 formal truthful. 2 Psychol. (of visions etc.) coinciding with reality. veridicality n. veridically adv. [L veridicus f. verus true + dicere say] |
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Traditional English :: veriest
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veriy.html - adj.
(superl. of VERY). archaic real, extreme (the veriest fool knows that). |
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Traditional English :: verification
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veriy.html - n. 1 the process or an instance of establishing the truth or validity of something. 2 Philos. the establishment of the validity of a proposition empirically. 3 the process of verifying procedures laid down in weapons agreements. |
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Traditional English :: verify
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veriy.html - v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 establish the truth or correctness of by examination or demonstration (must verify the statement; verified my figures). 2 (of an event etc.) bear out or fulfil (a prediction or promise). 3 Law append an affidavit to (pleadings); support (a statement) by testimony or proofs. verifiable adj. verifiably adv. verifier n. [ME f. OF verifier f. med.L verificare f. verus true] |
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Traditional English :: verily
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veriy.html - adv.
archaic really, truly. [ME f. VERY + -LY(2), after OF & AF] |
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Traditional English :: verisimilitude
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veriy.html - n. 1 the appearance or semblance of being true or real. 2 a statement etc. that seems true. verisimilar adj. [L verisimilitudo f. verisimilis probable f. veri genit. of verus true + similis like] |
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