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English Dictionary: verity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for verity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verity n conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" Synonym(s): truth, the true, verity, trueness Antonym(s): falseness, falsity an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verity \Ver"ity\, n.; pl. {Verities}. [F. v[82]rit[82], L. veritas, fr. verus true. See {Very}.] 1. The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality. [bd]The verity* of certain words.[b8] --Shak. It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised. --South. 2. That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality. Mark what I say, which you shall find By every syllable a faithful verity. --Shak.