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very \ver"y\ ve^r"y^, a. compar. verier
ve^r"i^~er; superl. veriest. oe. verai, verray,
of. verai, vrai, f. vrai, assumed ll. veracus, for l. verax
true, veracious, fr. verus true; akin to ohg. os. w=ar,
g. wahr, d. waar; perhaps originally, that is or exists, and
akin to e. was. cf. aver, v. t., veracious, verdict,
verity.
true; real; actual; veritable.
1913 webster
whether thou be my very son esau or not. --gen. xxvii.
21.
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he that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
--prov. xvii.
9.
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the very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
--milton.
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i looked on the consideration of public service or
public ornament to be real and very justice. --burke.
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note: very is sometimes used to make the word with which it
is connected emphatic, and may then be paraphrased by
same, self-same, itself, and the like. "the very hand,
the very words." --shak. "the very rats instinctively
have quit it." --shak. "yea, there where very
desolation dwells." --milton. very is used occasionally
in the comparative degree, and more frequently in the
superlative. "was not my lord the verier wag of the
two?" --shak. "the veriest hermit in the nation."
--pope. "he had spoken the very truth, and transformed
it into the veriest falsehood." --hawthorne.
1913 webster
very reverend. see the note under reverend.
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see also:
verier veriest aver veracious verdict verity
very reverend reverend
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