Veracious - 4 dictionary results
ve⋅ra⋅cious
[vuh-rey-shuh
s] 
–adjective
| 1. | habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness. |
| 2. | characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account. |
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| ve·ra·cious
(və-rā'shəs) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[From Latin vērāx, vērāc-, truthful, from vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.] ve·ra'cious·ly adv., ve·ra'cious·ness n. |
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| veracious | |
adjective | |
| 1. | habitually speaking the truth; "a veracious witness" |
| 2. | precisely accurate; "a veracious account" |
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Veracious
Ve*ra"cious\, a. [L. verax, -acis, fr. verus true. See Very.]1. Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian. The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious. --Barrow. 2. Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative. The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one. --Carlyle.
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