veritable

  • 1véritable — [ veritabl ] adj. • 1188 sens 2; de vérité 1 ♦ (veritaule 1190) Vx (Personnes) (attribut ou après le nom) Qui dit la vérité, qui ne cherche pas à tromper. ⇒ sincère. « Pour vous montrer que je suis véritable » (Molière). 2 ♦ Vieilli Qui mérite l… …

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  • 2veritable — adj. de tout genre. Vray. Du veritable vin de Canarie. de veritable or. un veritable amy. Il signifie aussi, Qui contient verité. Ce discours est veritable. la relation veritable. histoire veritable. je vous garentis cela veritable. On dit, qu Un …

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  • 3veritable — featured prominently in English from the 15c to the 17c, and then fell out of use until it was revived as a Gallicism in the 19c with an intensive meaning ‘deserving its name’ (a veritable feast). In modern use it has a somewhat rhetorical or… …

    Modern English usage

  • 4veritable — Veritable, Cultor veritatis, Veridicus, Verax. Estre tousjours veritable, Veritatem retinere. Ne suis je pas veritable? Sum verus? …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 5Veritable — Ver i*ta*ble, a. [F. v[ e]ritable. See {Verity}.] Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine. The veritable Deity. Sir W. Hamilton. {Ver i*ta*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6veritable — late 15c., from Anglo French and O.Fr. veritable true, from verité (see VERITY (Cf. verity)) + able. Probably lost mid 17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830. Related: Veritably …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7veritable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ genuine; properly so called (used to qualify a metaphor): a veritable price explosion. DERIVATIVES veritably adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8veritable — [ver′i tə bəl] adj. [LME < OFr < verite,VERITY] being such practically or in effect [a veritable feast] veritably adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 9veritable — index absolute (conclusive), actual, authentic, candid, de facto, definite, documentary, genuine …

    Law dictionary

  • 10veritable — *authentic, genuine, bona fide Analogous words: actual, *real, true Antonyms: factitious …

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