Dictionary entry

Verity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ver″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Verities (#). [F. vérité, 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.