Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VENULITE

VEN'ULITE, n. A petrified shell of the genus Venus.

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VENUS

VE'NUS, noun [Latin ventus, venenum; Eng. venom to poison, to fret or irritate. These affinities lead to the true origin of these words. The primary sense of the root is to shoo...

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VENUST

VENUST', adjective [Latin venustus.] Beautiful. [Not used.]

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VERACIOUS

VERA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin verax, from verus, true.]1. Observant of truth; habitually disposed to speak truth.2. True. [Little used.]

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VERACITY

VERAC'ITY, noun [Latin verax, from verus, true.]1. Habitual observance of truth, or habitual truth; as a man of veracity His veracity is not called in question. The question of ...

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VERANDA

VERAN'DA, noun An oriental word denoting a kind of open portico, formed by extending a sloping roof beyond the main building.

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VERATRIA

VERA'TRIA, noun [Latin veratrum, hellebore.] A newly discovered vegetable alkali, extracted from the white hellebore.

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VERB

VERB, noun [Latin verbum, fero.]1. In grammar, a part of speech that expresses action, motion, being, suffering, or a request or command to do or forbear any thing. The verb aff...

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VERBAL

VERB'AL, adjective [Latin verbalis.]1. Spoken; expressed to the ear in words; not written; as a verbal message; a verbal contract; verbal testimony.2. Oral; uttered by the mouth...

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VERBALITY

VERBAL'ITY, noun Mere words; bare literal expressions.

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VERBALIZE

VERB'ALIZE, verb transitive To convert into a verb.

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VERBALLY

VER'BALLY, adverb1. In words spoken; by words uttered; orally.2. Word for word; as, to translate verbally

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VERBATIM

VERBA'TIMadverb [Latin] Word for word; in the same words; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.

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VERBERATE

VERB'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin verbero.] To beat; to strike. [Not in use.]

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VERBERATION

VERBERA'TION, n1. A beating or striking; blows.2. The impulse of a body, which causes sound.

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VERBIAGE

VERB'IAGE, noun Verbosity; use of many words without necessity; superabundance of words.

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VERBOSE

VERBO'SE, adjective [Latin verbosus.] Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; prolix; tedious by a multiplicity of words; as a verbose speaker; a ...

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VERBOSENESS

VERBO'SENESS, noun1. Employment of a superabundance of words; the use of more words than are necessary; as the verbosity of a speaker.2. Superabundance of words; prolixity; as t...

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VERBOSITY

VERBOS'ITY,VER'DANCY, noun [See Verdant.] Greenness.

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VERDANT

VER'DANT, adjective [Latin vividans, from viridis, from vireo, to be green.] The radical sense of the verb is to grow or advance with strength.]1. Green; fresh; covered with gro...

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VERDERER

VER'DERER,VER'DEROR, noun [Low Latin viridarius.]An officer in England, who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receiv...

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VERDEROR

VER'DEROR, n. [Low L. viridarius.]An officer in England, who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive and enroll at...

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VERDICT

VER'DICT, noun [Latin verum dictum, true declaration.]1. The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of face in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to thei...

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VERDIGRIS

VER'DIGRIS, nounRust of copper, or an acetate of copper, formed by the combination of an acid with copper.

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VERDITER

VER'DITER, noun [verde-terre, green earth; terre-verde.]A preparation of copper sometimes used by painters, etc. for a blue, but more generally mixed with a yellow for a green c...

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VERDURE

VER'DURE, noun [Latin vireo.] Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as the verdure of the meadows in June; the verdure of spring.

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VERDUROUS

VER'DUROUS, adjective Covered with green; clothed with the fresh color of vegetables; as verdurous pastures.