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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 1.6 [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}] [ant:
{falsity}]
2: an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic
truth
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