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veritable

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ver·i·ta·ble  (vr-t-bl)
adj.
Being truly so called; real or genuine: "Her tea ... was set forth with as much grace as if she had been a veritable guest to her own self" (Mary Wilkins Freeman).
[Middle English, from Old French, from verite; see verity.]
veri·ta·ble·ness n.
veri·ta·bly adv.
veritable
Adjective
rightly called; real: a veritable mine of information
veritably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.veritable - often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"
regular
typical - exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis"
2.veritableveritable - not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
authentic, bona fide, unquestionable
echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
Translations
veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbl] adj → verdadero, auténtico
veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbl] adj → véritable
veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbl] adj (real) → wahr
veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbl] adj → vero/a


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Planudes may have invented some few fables, or have inserted some that were current in his day; but there is an abundance of unanswerable internal evidence to prove that he had an acquaintance with the veritable fables of Aesop, although the versions he had access to were probably corrupt, as contained in the various translations and disquisitional exercises of the rhetoricians and philosophers.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Its seven letters seemed to hang right across the clouds like the Seven Stars, an apocalyptic constellation, a veritable sky sign; and again the name was an angel standing with a silver trumpet, and again it was a song.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
worm' was a monster of vast size and power--a veritable dragon or serpent, such as legend attributes to vast fens or quags where there was illimitable room for expansion.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
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