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veridical

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ve⋅rid⋅i⋅cal

  [vuh-rid-i-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. truthful; veracious.
2. corresponding to facts; not illusory; real; actual; genuine.
Also, ve⋅rid⋅ic.

Origin:
1645–55; < L vēridicus (vēr(us) true + -i- -i- + -dicus speaking) + -al 1

Related forms:
ve⋅rid⋅i⋅cal⋅i⋅ty, noun
ve⋅rid⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ve·rid·i·cal   (və-rĭd'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  

  1. Truthful; veracious: veridical testimony.

  2. Coinciding with future events or apparently unknowable present realities: a veridical hallucination.


[From Latin vēridicus : vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
ve·rid'i·cal'i·ty (-kāl'ĭ-tē) n., ve·rid'i·cal·ly adv.
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