Vergetté
Ver′get′té″ (?), a. [Cf. F. vergeté.] Divided by pallets, or pales; paly. W. Berry.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Veridical
Ve‐rid″ic‐al (?), a. [L. veridicus; verus true + dicere to say, tell.] Truth-telling; truthful; veracious. Carlyle.
Verifiable
Ver″i‐fi′a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being verified; confirmable. Bp. Hall.
Verificative
Ver″i‐fi‐ca‐tive (?), a. Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.
Verifier
Ver″i‐fi′er (?), n. One who, or that which, verifies.
Verify
Ver″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Verified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Verifying.] [F. vérifier, LL. verificare, from L. verus true + -ficare to make. See Very, and -fy.] 1. To prove to ...
Veriloquent
Ve‐ril″o‐quent (?), a. [L. verus true + �quens speaking.] Speaking truth; truthful.
Verily
Ver″i‐ly (?), adv. [From Very.] In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly. Bacon.Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the ��nd, and verily tho...
Verine
Ver″ine (?), n. [Contr. from veratrine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.
Verisimilar
Ver′i‐sim″i‐lar (?), a. [L. verisimilis; verus true + similis like, similar. See Very, and Similar.] Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. “How verisimilar it looks....
Verisimilitude
Ver′i‐si‐mil″i‐tude (?), n. [L. verisimilitudo: cf. OF. verisimilitude. See Verisimilar.] The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likeli...
Verisimility
Ver′i‐si‐mil″i‐ty (?), n. Verisimilitude.The verisimility or probable truth. Sir T. Browne.
Veritable
Ver″i‐ta‐ble (?), a. [F. véritable. See Verity.] Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine. “The veritable Deity.” Sir W. Hamilton. — Ver″i‐ta‐bly, adv.
Veritas
Ver″i‐tas (?), n. [Cf. F. véritas. See Verity.] The Bureau Veritas. See under Bureau.
Verity
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 ...
Verjuice
Ver″juice′ (?), n. [OE. vergeous, F. verjus, that is, the juice of green fruits; verd, vert, green + jus juice. See Verdant, and Juice.] 1. The sour juice of crab apples, of gre...
Vermeil
Ver″meil (?), n. [F., vermilion, fr. LL. vermiculus, fr. L. vermiculus a little worm, the coccus Indicus, from vermis a worm. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule.] 1. Vermilion; also, t...
Vermeologist
Ver′me‐ol″o‐gist (?), n. One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.
Vermeology
Ver′me‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [L. vermes worms + -logy.] (Zoöl.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoölogy which treats of worms; helminthology.
Vermes
‖Ver″mes (?), n. pl. [L. vermes, pl. of vermis a worm.] (Zoöl.) (a) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together...
Vermetid
Ver″me‐tid (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of vermetus.
Vermetus
‖Ver‐me″tus (?), n. [NL., from L. vermis worm.] (Zoöl.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidæ. Their shel...
Vermicelli
Ver′mi‐cel″li (?), n. [It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule, Vermeil.] The flour of a hard and small-gr...
Vermicide
Ver″mi‐cide (?), n. [L. vermis a worm + caedere to kill.] A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer. Pereira.
Vermicious
Ver‐mi″cious (?), a. [L. vermis a worm.] Of or pertaining to worms; wormy.
Vermicular
Ver‐mic″u‐lar (?), a. [L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli.] Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped l...
Vermiculate
Ver‐mic″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Vermiculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Vermiculating.] [L. vermiculatus inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, p. p. of vermiculari to be...