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véritable — [ 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… … Encyclopédie Universelle
veritable — 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
veritable — Veritable, Cultor veritatis, Veridicus, Verax. Estre tousjours veritable, Veritatem retinere. Ne suis je pas veritable? Sum verus? … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
veritable — 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
veritable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ genuine; properly so called (used to qualify a metaphor): a veritable price explosion. DERIVATIVES veritably adverb … English terms dictionary
veritable — [ver′i tə bəl] adj. [LME < OFr < verite,VERITY] being such practically or in effect [a veritable feast] veritably adv … English World dictionary
veritable — index absolute (conclusive), actual, authentic, candid, de facto, definite, documentary, genuine … Law dictionary
veritable — *authentic, genuine, bona fide Analogous words: actual, *real, true Antonyms: factitious … New Dictionary of Synonyms
veritable — [adj] authentic actual, bona fide, factual, for real*, genuine, indubitable, kosher*, legit*, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable, very; concept 582 Ant. fake, false, unreal … New thesaurus
