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ver⋅i⋅ta⋅ble

  [ver-i-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
2. Obsolete. true, as a statement or tale.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < AF, MF. See verity, -able

Related forms:
ver⋅i⋅ta⋅ble⋅ness, noun
ver⋅i⋅ta⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. real, genuine; utter. See authentic.
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ver·i·ta·ble   (věr'ĭ-tə-bəl)   
adj.  Being truly so called; real or genuine: "Her tea ... was set forth with as much grace as if she had been a veritable guest to her own self" (Mary Wilkins Freeman).

[Middle English, from Old French, from verite; see verity.]
ver'i·ta·ble·ness n., ver'i·ta·bly adv.
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Veritable

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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veritable 
1474, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. veritable "true," from verité (see verity) + -able. Probably lost mid-17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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