English Dictionary: veracity | by the DICT Development Group |
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Varicotomy \Var`i*cot"o*my\, n. [See {Varix}; {-tomy}.] (Surg.) Excision of a varicosity. | |
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Variegate \Va"ri*e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Variegated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Variegating}.] [L. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. See {Various}, and {Agent}.] To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. --Woodward. | |
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Variegate \Va"ri*e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Variegated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Variegating}.] [L. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. See {Various}, and {Agent}.] To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. --Woodward. | |
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Variegated \Va"ri*e*ga`ted\, a. Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers. Ladies like variegated tulips show. --Pope. | |
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Variegate \Va"ri*e*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Variegated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Variegating}.] [L. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. See {Various}, and {Agent}.] To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. --Woodward. | |
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Variegation \Va`ri*e*ga"tion\, n. The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors. | |
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Variscite \Var"is*cite\, n. [So called from Variscia in Germany.] (Min.) An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina. | |
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Varsity \Var"si*ty\, n. Colloq. contr. of {University}. | |
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Veracity \Ve*rac"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. v[82]racit[82].] The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity. | |
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Verge \Verge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Verged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Verging}.] [L. vergere to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. v[?]j to turn.] 1. To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach. 2. To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north. Our soul, from original instinct, vergeth towards him as its center. --Barrow. I find myself verging to that period of life which is to be labor and sorrow. --Swift. | |
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Vergett82 \Ver`get`t[82]"\, a. [Cf. F. verget[82].] Divided by pallets, or pales; paly. --W. Berry. | |
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Vergette \Ver*gette"\, n. (Her.) A small pale. | |
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Very \Ver"y\, a. [Compar. {Verier}; superl. {Veriest}.] [OE. verai, verray, OF. verai, vrai, F. vrai, (assumed) LL. veracus, for L. verax true, veracious, fr. verus true; akin to OHG. & OS. w[be]r, G. wahr, D. waar; perhaps originally, that is or exists, and akin to E. was. Cf. {Aver}, v. t., {Veracious}, {Verdict}, {Verity}.] True; real; actual; veritable. Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. --Gen. xxvii. 21. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. --Prov. xvii. 9. The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness. --Milton. I looked on the consideration of public service or public ornament to be real and very justice. --Burke. Note: Very is sometimes used to make the word with which it is connected emphatic, and may then be paraphrased by same, self-same, itself, and the like. [bd]The very hand, the very words.[b8] --Shak. [bd]The very rats instinctively have quit it.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Yea, there where very desolation dwells.[b8] --Milton. Very is used occasionally in the comparative degree, and more frequently in the superlative. [bd]Was not my lord the verier wag of the two?[b8] --Shak. [bd]The veriest hermit in the nation.[b8] --Pope. [bd]He had spoken the very truth, and transformed it into the veriest falsehood.[b8] --Hawthorne. {Very Reverend}. See the Note under {Reverend}. | |
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Versatile \Ver"sa*tile\, a. [L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See {Verse}.] 1. Capable of being turned round. --Harte. 2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition. 3. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician. Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile [Charles] Montagu. --Macaulay. 4. (Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- {Ver"sa*tile*ly}, adv. -- -- {Ver"sa*tile*ness}, n. | |
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Versatile \Ver"sa*tile\, a. [L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See {Verse}.] 1. Capable of being turned round. --Harte. 2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition. 3. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician. Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile [Charles] Montagu. --Macaulay. 4. (Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- {Ver"sa*tile*ly}, adv. -- -- {Ver"sa*tile*ness}, n. | |
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Versatile \Ver"sa*tile\, a. [L. versatilis, fr. versare to turn around, v. freq. of vertere: cf. F. versatile. See {Verse}.] 1. Capable of being turned round. --Harte. 2. Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition. 3. Turning with ease from one thing to another; readily applied to a new task, or to various subjects; many-sided; as, versatile genius; a versatile politician. Conspicuous among the youths of high promise . . . was the quick and versatile [Charles] Montagu. --Macaulay. 4. (Nat. Hist.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- {Ver"sa*tile*ly}, adv. -- -- {Ver"sa*tile*ness}, n. | |
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Versatility \Ver`sa*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. versatilit[82].] The quality or state of being versatile; versatileness. | |
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Verse \Verse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Versed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Versing}.] To tell in verse, or poetry. [Obs.] Playing on pipes of corn and versing love. --Shak. | |
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Versed \Versed\, a. [Cf. F. vers[82], L. versatus, p. p. of versari to turn about frequently, to turn over, to be engaged in a thing, passive of versare. See {Versant}, a.] Acquainted or familiar, as the result of experience, study, practice, etc.; skilled; practiced. Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. --Milton. Opinions . . . derived from studying the Scriptures, wherein he was versed beyond any person of his age. --Southey. These men were versed in the details of business. --Macaulay. | |
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Versed \Versed\, a. [L. versus turned, p. p. vertere. See 1st {Versed}.] (Math.) Turned. {Versed sine}. See under {Sine}, and Illust. of {Functions}. | |
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Versed \Versed\, a. [L. versus turned, p. p. vertere. See 1st {Versed}.] (Math.) Turned. {Versed sine}. See under {Sine}, and Illust. of {Functions}. | |
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Sine \Sine\, n. [LL. sinus a sine, L. sinus bosom, used in translating the Ar. jaib, properly, bosom, but probably read by mistake (the consonants being the same) for an original j[c6]ba sine, from Skr. j[c6]va bowstring, chord of an arc, sine.] (Trig.) (a) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity. (b) The perpendicular itself. See {Sine of angle}, below. {Artificial sines}, logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines. {Curve of sines}. See {Sinusoid}. {Natural sines}, the decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity. {Sine of an angle}, in a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of the arc that measures the angle; in a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the given angle divided by the hypotenuse. See {Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}. {Versed sine}, that part of the diameter between the sine and the arc. | |
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Verset \Vers"et\, n. [F.] A verse. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Verst \Verst\, n. [Russ. versta: cf. F. verste.] A Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet. [Written also {werst}.] | |
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Versute \Ver*sute"\, a. [L. versutus, fr. vertere, versum, to turn.] Crafty; wily; cunning; artful. [R.] | |
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Virgate \Vir"gate\, n. [LL. virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga a twig, rod.] A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] --T. Warton. | |
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Virgate \Vir"gate\, a. [L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See {Verge} a rod.] (Bot.) Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender. | |
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Virgated \Vir"ga*ted\, a. [L. virgatus striped. See {Virgate}, a.] Striped; streaked. [Obs.] | |
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Voracity \Vo*rac"i*ty\, n. [L. voracitas: cf. F. voracit[82].] The quality of being voracious; voraciousness. |