ver´i|ta|ble|ness

ver´i|ta|ble|ness
ver|i|ta|ble «VEHR uh tuh buhl», adjective.
1. true, real, or actual: »

veritable proof of honesty. The author himself, the veritable and only genuine author (Arnold Bennett).

2. having all the qualities or attributes of the specified person or thing: »

The salesman is a veritable fox.

3. Obsolete. in accordance with the truth or fact, as statements.
[< Anglo-French, Old French veritable < verite verity, learned borrowing from Latin vēritās; see etym. under verity (Cf.verity)]
ver´i|ta|ble|ness, noun.

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