verity
[ver-i-tee]
- the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality: to question the verity of a statement.
- something that is true, as a principle, belief, idea, or statement: the eternal verities.
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Origin of verity
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Historical Examples of verities
But for the exiled heart they are not such, but verities of abiding inspiration.
Apologia DiffidentisW. Compton Leith
Her girlhood was behind her; she was facing the verities of existence.
Ruth Fielding In the Red CrossAlice B. Emerson
I think it would do much to keep us close to the verities and the essentials.
The Holy EarthL. H. Bailey
And if the verities are good for eternity they ought to be good for a day.
The Human MachineE. Arnold Bennett
In which case—and here he came to verities—his work would suffer.
Mr. Britling Sees It ThroughH. G. Wells
verity
- the quality or state of being true, real, or correct
- a true principle, statement, idea, etc; a truth or fact
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Word Origin for verity
C14: from Old French vérité, from Latin vēritās, from vērus true
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Word Origin and History for verities
verity
late 14c., from Anglo-French and Old French verite "truth," from Latin veritatem (nominative veritas) "truth, truthfulness," from verus "true" (see very). Modern French vérité, literally "truth," borrowed 1966 as a term for naturalism or realism in film, etc.
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