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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Vĕr'i-fy, v. t. p. 1469<br><br>1. To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm.<br><br>This is verified by a number of examples. Bacon.<br><br>So shalt thou best fulfill, best verify,<br>The…Ve-rĭl'o-quent, a. p. 1469Speaking truth; truthful. [Obs.]Vĕr'i-ly, adv. p. 1469In a very or true manner; in truth; in fact; certainly. 2. With great confidence; really; truly; as, it was verily thought the enterprise would succeed.Vēr'i-sīm'i-lar, a. p. 1469Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. [Rare.] White.Vēr'i-si-mīl'i-tūde, n. p. 1469The state or quality of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood. “All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative.” W. Scott. Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase…Vĕr'i-sĭ-mĭl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 1469Verisimilitude. [Obs.]Vĕr'/i-sīm'/i-lōŭs, a. p. 1469Verisimilar. [Obs.]Vĕr'i-ta-ble, a. p. 1469Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true. “The veritable Deity.” Sir W. Hamilton.Vē̄'ri-ta-bly, adv. p. 1469In a veritable manner; really; truly.Vĕr'i-ty, n. p. 1469The quality of being very true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing to fact; truth. It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised.…Vēr'jūice, n. p. 1469The sour juice of crab-apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, and the like; also, a kind of vinegar made from such juice. Brande.Vērl, n. p. 1469See VERREL.Vēr'meil, n. p. 1469Vermilion; also, the color of vermilion, a bright, beautiful red. “Snowy substance sprent with vermeil.” Spenser. 2. Silver-gilt or gilt bronze. Simmonds.Vēr'me-ŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 1469One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.Vēr'me-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 1469A discourse or treatise on worms, or that part of natural history which treats of them; helminthology. [Rare.]Vēr'mēs, n. pl. p. 1469Worms. See WORM.Vĕr-mē'tus, n. p. 1469(Zoöl.) A genus of gastropodous mollusks having a tubular, twisted, worm-like shell.Vĕr′mi-çĕl′li, n. p. 1469The flour of a hard, small grained wheat made into dough, and forced through slender cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, worm-like form, whence the Italian name.Ver-mī'ciōus, a. p. 1469Of, or pertaining to, worms; wormy.Ver-mīc'ū-lar, a. p. 1469Pertaining to, or resembling, a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion of a worm; as, the vermicular motion of the intestines;—called also peristaltic. Vermicular work. See under…Ver-mĭc'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1469To inlay; to form, as work by inlaying which resembles the tracks of worms, or appears as if formed by the motion of worms. Vermiculated work (Arch.), rustic work so wrought as to have the appearance…Ver-mĭc'ū-lāte, a. p. 1469Worm-like in shape; covered with worm-like elevations. Henslow. 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, creeping; insinuating; sophistical. “Vermiculate logic.” R. Choate.Ver-mĭc-u-lā'tion, n. p. 1470The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines. 2. The act of forming so as to resemble the…Vĕr'mi-cūle, n. p. 1470A little worm or grub; also, a worm-like body. [Rare.] Derham.Ver-mic'ū-līte, n. p. 1470(Min.) A mineral having a granular, scaly structure, and resembling steatite in appearance, consisting chiefly of silica, alumina, and magnesia;—so called because the scales, when heated, open out…Ver-mic'ū-lōse' or Ver-mic'ū-lous, a. p. 1470Containing worms; full of worms or grubs. 2. Resembling worms.Vĕr'mi-fōrm, a. p. 1470Having the form or shape of a worm; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.Ver-mif'ū-gal, a. p. 1470(Med.) Tending to prevent or destroy vermin, or to expel worms.Vĕr'mi-fūge, n. p. 1470(Med.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.Vēr'mil, n. p. 1470Vermilion; vermeil. [Obs.] Spenser.Ver-mil'ion, n. p. 1470A substance consisting of sulphuret or sulphide of mercury, especially when in the form of a fine powder. It is of a bright, beautiful red color, and is much used as a pigment, and to color wafers…Ver-mil'ion, v. t. p. 1470To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.Vĕr'mi-ly, n. p. 1470Vermeil; vermilion. [Obs.] Spenser.Vēr'min, n. sing. & pl. p. 1470used chiefly as plural. [Fr. vermine, Pr. vermena, It. vermine, L. Lat. vermen, a worm, from Lat. vermis, a worm.] 1. An animal in general. [Obs.] “Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of…Vēr′mi-nāte, v. i. p. 1470To breed vermin.Vĕr/mi-nā'tion, n. p. 1470Generation or breeding of vermin. Derham. 2. A griping of the bowels.Vĕr'min-ly, a. p. 1470Like vermin; of the nature of vermin. [Obs.]Vĕr'min-ly, adv. p. 1470In the manner of vermin; like vermin. [Obs.]Vĕr'min-oûs, a. p. 1470Tending to breed vermin; full of, or infested by, vermin. The verminous disposition of the body. Harvey. 2. Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease.Vēr'min-oûs-ly, adv. p. 1470In a verminous manner; so as to breed vermin; as if infested by vermin.Ver-mip’a-roûs, a. p. 1470Producing worms. Bronson.Ver-mív'o-roûs, a. p. 1470Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds.Ver-mŏnt'er, n. p. 1470(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Vermont.Věr'mont·ēse, n. sing. & pl. p. 1470(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Vermont; in the plural, the people of Vermont; — used in colloquial or humorous language.Ver-nă'cŭ-lar, a. p. 1470Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; as, English is our vernacular language. He became the favorite . . . of his instructor, whose regard he appears to have…Ver-năc'ē-lar, n. p. 1470The vernacular language; one's mother tongue.Ver-nā'cu-lar-ism, n. p. 1470A vernacular idiom.Ver-nāc'ē-lār-ly, adv. p. 1470In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular.Ver-năc'ū-lōus, a. p. 1470Vernacular; indigenous; native. 2. Scoffing; insolent; scurrilous. [A Latinism.] These men [are] subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator. — B. Jonson.Vĕr'nage, n. p. 1470A kind of sweet wine from Italy. [Obs.] — Chaucer.Vĕr'nal, a. p. 1470Belonging to the spring; appearing in spring; as, vernal bloom. “And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.” — Milton. Vernal flowers are preparatives to autumnal fruits. Rambler. 2. Hence…Vēr'nant, a. p. 1470Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. [Obs.] “Vernant flowers.” Milton.Vĕr'nāte, v. i. p. 1470To become young again. [Obs.]Ver-nā'tion, n. p. 1470(Bot.) The disposition of the leaves within the bud; prefoliation.Vĕr'ni-cōse', a. p. 1470(Bot.) Appearing as if varnished, as some leaves. — Gray.Vēr'nier, n. p. 1470A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain…Vēr'nīle, a. p. 1470Suiting a slave; servile. “The example hourly ringing in their ears of vernile scurrility.” De Quincey.Ver-nil'i-ty, n. p. 1470Fawning or obsequious behavior, like that of a slave; servility. [Obs.] — Bailey.Vēr'o-nēse', a. p. 1470(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Verona in Italy.Vĕr'/o-nēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 1470(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Verona; in the plural, the people of Verona.