verityn.
/ˈvɛrᵻti/, U.S. /ˈvɛrədi/ 1. in combination.1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 191 A motive of any description may be termed a veracity or verity-promoting, or mendacity-restraining, motive.† c. of verity (used predicatively): True. Scottish. Obsolete. (Cf. 3b.)
a. Without article. Truth, either in general or with reference to a particular fact; conformity to fact or reality. Also personified.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]
soothc950
soothOE
rightOE
soothnessc1275
soothness1297
soothshipc1320
soothhead1340
very1382
trotha1387
trutha1391
verity1422
veriment1528
true?1531
trueness1559
veriness1574
reality1604
veracity1664
veridicalness1727
the fact of the matter1808
truthfulness1835
actualité1840
the straight1866
satya1879
straight goods1892
veridicalitya1901
truth value1903
dinky1941
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > true facts or circumstances
the soothc897
rightOE
trutha1382
the feat ofa1400
verity1422
the whole story1565
fact1578
the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628
bottom fact1864
where it's (he's, she's) at1903
inside1904
dinkum1916
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 161 Verite getyth hatredyn.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 161 Verite [is] caste doune, whan any vnryghtly thynge is preferrid to trouthe.
c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 254 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 14 Bot-gyf þat pece be and concorde, to fynd veryte In-to na thing may be profyte.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1406 And verite war seyn That ȝe me luffyt, I awcht ȝow luff agayn.
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxv. f. 50 [52]v Than demanded he of hym, what thyng he professed. He answered, Veritie.
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 577 Betweene veritie & falsitie there is no meane.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L5 Mirth, and free mindednesse, Simplicitie,..These be the lovely play-mates of pure veritie.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 66 Historical verity, saith he, shews the sepulkers of their false Gods here on earth.
1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 30 I..have all along, and shall still declare nothing but Verity.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 84 He is a prelatist..and all, and more than all, that has been said of him, must needs be verity.
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. vi. 205 A little verdant flowery island of poetic intellect, of melodious human verity.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist v. §2. 325 The hypothesis of Catholic verity does not attempt to solve the problem.
b. In various prepositional phrases and constructions used adverbially, frequently with emphatic force, as in (†of) verity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
14.. Sir Beues (S.) 4313 + 127 Foure þousand men, pur varyte, þey brouȝten with hem to Lundone cyte.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 39 Hir cleyne virginite wes [w]vnderlie and in verite prouine be the prophetis.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvii. 128 For we take not Baptisme nor the Eucharist for bare resemblances.., but (as they are in deed and in veritie) for meanes effectuall.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 14 The quhilk Johne Scott fastit without meit or drink of veritie xxxij dayes.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman III. ii. 30 It is somewhat sudden in verity and truth; but he must depart for Dorset by daybreak to-morrow.
1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lvi. 231 In verity it was not I who fed my nurse, but my nurse me.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective]
soothc825
soothlyc888
soothfastc950
rightOE
lealc1330
verilya1340
veryc1386
truea1398
soothfulc1400
real1440
vray1460
trothlike1544
of verityc1550
verimenta1592
correct1705
truthful1781
truthy1848
unillusory1853
straight-up1910
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) v. 28 Bot admittand..that Socrates opinione var of verite, ȝit [etc.].
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 134 The provist ansuerit and said, ‘that is of truth and weratie, and gif’ [etc.].
c1593 in Spalding Club Misc. I. 5 Gif this be of ueritie I remit me to the Erlle of Angus declaratioun.
1658 in Hawick Archæol. Soc. Trans. (1868) 30/2 The which the said David Baddie hes maid faith before the baillies that it was of verritie.
2. † d. The exact wording and meaning of the original Hebrew or Greek text of the Bible. Obsolete.
a. With article or pronoun. The truth; the true or real facts or circumstances.Frequently in the 16th cent. in reference to religious belief, sometimes taking the sense of ‘the true religion or faith’.
ΚΠ
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 161 I sey that ham lackyth men that sholde say to ham the Verite, or the trouthe.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 372 Telle me what ye be, and of youre felowes telle me the verite.
?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1215 in Poems (1981) 50 Seikand full mony decretalis off the law, And glosis als, the veritie to knaw.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 John iii. 19 Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 24 King: my faith I plight heere, to relate thee veritye soothlye.
1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 22 Therefore Lactantius approacheth neerer to the veritie.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 73 The Apostles preached here the Christian veritie.
1696 in Aubrey's Misc. (1721) 212 I have set it down fully,..being curious for nothing but the Verity.
1754 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 55 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 [To] grant commission for taking his oath on the verity.
b. Const. of (something).
ΚΠ
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xi. 39 The comon wyt..Maye well ajudge the perfyt veritie Of theyr sentence.
1535 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 80 Howbeit no farder than the verity of Scripture will justifie my cause.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. x. 43 By which auncient Proverbes may be collected the verity of the assertion set downe.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xl. 250 The verity of his Miracles.
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) ii. iii. 79 We cannot..allow That a meer Belief of the Verity and Authority of the History and Doctrine of Scripture is..Faith.
1716 A. Pope Further Acct. E. Curll 6 The Verity of this Hypothesis, is justify'd by the Symptoms.
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 154 He wrote..a Volume..denying the Verity of my Experiments.
1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 254 The most powerful proof of the verity of the rule.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 66 I felt in all its force the brave verity of the remark of Mirabeau.
1888 Sat. Rev. 21 Jan. 83 It is a pity Mr. Ashton should not have clearly distinguished..between the veracity of the author and the verity of his book.
c. Said of God or of Christ. Usually with defining adjective preceding.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes
horn of salvation (health)c825
fatherOE
Our FatherOE
leecha1200
searcher of (men's) heartsa1382
untempter1382
headstone of the cornerc1400
Valentinec1450
illuminator1485
sun?1521
righteous maker1535
shepherd1535
verity1535
strengthener1567
gracer1592
heart-searcher1618
heartbreaker1642
sustainera1680
philanthropist1730
the invisible1781
praise1782
All-Father1814
wisdom1855
omniscient1856
engracer1866
inbreather1873
God of the gaps1933
the great —— in the sky1968
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. A.v The verite hath sayd it and wryten it.
1559 Certayne Serm. (new ed.) sig.G.iiiv Chryst hymself: the eternal and infallible veritie.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Of the Resurrection sig. G ggg ij b O man, cal to thy minde, that therefore hast thou receyued into thyne owne possession the euerlasting veritie, our Sauiour Jesus Christ.
1645 T. Vane Lost Sheepe 41 God being the Prime Verity.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. v. 126 We have no experiences in our memory which we can..transmute into an Image of the Ineffable Verity.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > exact meaning
verity1535
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > accuracy of statement > exact words > of text
verity1535
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. F.vi But yet let Tindale loke ouer his Testament once agene and conferre yt a lytle beter withe the verite and greke to [= too].
1539 Bible (Great) (title) The Byble in Englyshe, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes.
1627 W. Bedell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 136 For the translation sake (being not in the Vulgar, but according to the Hebrew verity).
1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 91 The greatest assertors of the Hebrew verity.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing Pref. sig. B2v When they quote the Scripture wrong.., the authority of the Greek and Hebrew verity should be cast in their teeth.
e. The actuality or reality of something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun]
truthc1330
acta1398
in existencea1425
realty1440
veritya1634
reality1647
actualness1668
actuality1675
thinghood1845
factual1855
out there1955
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 176 He [Christ] offered also his Hands, to the other Disciples,..to proove..the veritie of his humane Body.
1686 W. Hopkins tr. Ratramnus Body & Bl. (1688) Dissert. v. 75 Concerning the Verity of Christ's Body and Blood in the Eucharist.
1913 Act 3 & 4 George V c. 20 §21 Such oath..shall be taken by him to the verity of the debt.
3.
a. With a and plural. A true statement, doctrine, or opinion; an established fact, a reality; a truth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth
soothquidec888
soothsawc950
soothOE
righteousnessa1225
certainty1330
truthc1330
trotha1387
verity1533
tell-truth?1556
oracle1569
true1581
round O1605
fact1779
veracity1852
veritability1864
1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. (1548) 42 There are many verities, which yet may be no such artycles of our faithe.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. vii. f. 80v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Sith coniecturs are no verities & mine opinion is but one mans iudgement.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 190 Magike in the time of Nero, was discovered to be but a vanitie, in the declining state of the Roman Empire accounted by the Gentiles a verity.
1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 60 A great Anatomist, whom I find running away with an errour instead of a conceited verity.
1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. vii. 360 Which [propositions] being setled in the Minds of their Scholars as unquestionable Verities.
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxv. 126 But it is an indubitable verity, continued I, addressing myself to the commissary.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 122 Thus dreams are verities.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 634 The quarrel and the reconciliation are unquestionable verities.
1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vii. §203. 202 Our strength lies in keeping up a communication with those verities which we all acknowledge.
b. of a verity (chiefly in parenthetic use): Truly, assuredly, in truth, indeed. (Cf. 1b) rhetorical.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed
soothlyc825
forsoothc888
wiselyc888
sooth to sayOE
i-wislichec1000
to (‥) soothOE
iwis?c1160
certesa1250
without missa1275
i-witterlic1275
trulyc1275
aplight1297
certc1300
in (good) fayc1300
verily1303
certain1330
in truthc1330
to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330
certainlya1375
faithlya1375
in faitha1375
surelya1375
in sooth1390
in trothc1390
in good faitha1393
to witc1400
faithfullyc1405
soothly to sayc1405
all righta1413
sad?a1425
in certc1440
wella1470
truec1480
to say (the) truth1484
of a truth1494
of (a) trotha1500
for a truth?1532
in (of) verity1533
of verityc1550
really1561
for, in, or into very?1565
indeed1583
really and truly1600
indeed and indeed1673
right enough1761
deed1816
just1838
of a verity1850
sho1893
though1905
verdad1928
sholy1929
ja-nee1937
only1975
deffo1996
1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) vi. 33 Oh Mahomet, of a verity, thou are the prophet of God!
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. i. 15 The liver of a walrus eaten with little slices of his fat;..of a verity it is a delicious morsel.
1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. xv. 271 Down she came, in about ten minutes, looking of a verity, radiant.
4. Truthfulness, veracity, sincerity. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun]
soothfastnessc825
trutha1450
fidelity1534
verity1565
veracity1623
truthfulness1647
veritableness1664
veridicalness1727
tell-truth1744
truthiness1832
veraciousness1860
veridicalitya1901
veridicity1937
1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 14v Thou hast sworen to Dauid in thy verite.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 51 Justice, verity, holiness, fear of God.
1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 242 Veritie is the vertue..by which a man in all his conuersation, in all his actions, and in al his words sheweth himselfe sincere and ful of truth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 93 The King-becoming Graces, As Iustice, Verity, Temp'rance, Stablenesse. View more context for this quotation
1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 47 If my verity is called in question, I will state in what manner, and by what means it was paid.
1848 Scottish Jrnl. Topog., etc. 2 167/1 Scoto-Gallicisms... On my veritie, [from French] vérité. My certie, [from French] certes.
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