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Webster 1913 Edition
Very
Ver′y
(vĕr′y̆)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Verier
(vĕr′ĭ-ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Veriest
.] [OE. ,
verai
, verray
, OF. verai
, vrai
, F. vrai
, (assumed) LL. veracus
, for L. verax
true, veracious, fr. verus
true; akin to OHG. & OS. wār
, G. wahr
, D. waar
; perhaps originally, that is or exists, and akin to E. was
. Cf. Aver
, Verb.
T.
Veracious
, Verdict
, Verity
.] True; real; actual; veritable.
Whether thou be my
very
son Esau or not. Gen. xxvii. 21.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth
very
friends. Prov. xvii. 9.
The
very
essence of truth is plainness and brightness. Milton.
I looked on the consideration of public service or public ornament to be real and
very
justice. Burke.
☞ 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.
Very Reverend
. See the Note under
Reverend
.Ver′y
(vĕr′y̆)
, adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely;
as, a
. very
great mountain; a very
bright sun; a very
cold day; the river flows very
rapidly; he was very
much hurtWebster 1828 Edition
Very
VER'Y
,Adj.
Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. Gen. 27.
He that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.
Prov. 17.
VER'Y
,adv.