Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Verity \Ver"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Verities}. [F. v['e]rit['e], 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. ``The verity of certain words.'' --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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

verity
n 1: 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" [syn: {truth}, {the
true}] [ant: {falsity}]
2: an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic
truth


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