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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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