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veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbəl] adj (prenominal)
1. (intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically) he's a veritable swine! 2. Rare genuine or true; proper I require veritable proof [from Old French, from vérité truth; see verity] veritableness n veritably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
veritable adjective positive, real, absolute, sheer, indisputable, categorical, incontrovertible a veritable feast of Christmas TV entertainment Translations veritable adj genius → wahr; a veritable disaster → die reinste Katastrophe; a veritable miracle → das reinste Wunder veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbl] adj → vero/a veritable [ˈvɛrɪtəbl] adj → vero/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. 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. |
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