verifier

[Eng. verify; -er.] One who or that which verifies. věr-I-fÿ,*ver-i-fie, *ver-i-fye, v . t . [Fr.verifier, from Lat. verifico to make true: ver us =true, and facio to make.] 1. To prove to be true; to prove the truth of; to confirm; to establish the truth of; to prove. "The verifying of that true sentence, the first shall be last."- Milton : Hist . Eng ., bk. ii. 2. To confirm the truthfulne of; to confirm the truth of, as a prediction. "The words of Isaiah were literally verified ." -Clarke: On the Evidences , prop. 14. 3. To prove to have spoken truly; to prove or con IMG:content-0461.png:[blocks in formation] *6. To back up; to support the credit of; to second. "I have ever verified my friends," Shakesp.: Coriolanus , v. 2. [Latin ver us =true, and *věr-Il-d-quent, a. loquens , pr. par. of loquor =to speak.] Speaking the truth, truthful, veracious. věr'-1-lý, *ver-ai-ly, *ver-rai-ly, *ver-e-ly, *ver-e-lye, *ver-ray-ly, *ver-y-ly, adv. [Eng. very; -ly.] 1. In truth; in very truth or deed; of a truth; truly. " Verily this man was Goddis son.-Wyclife: Mark xv. 39. 2. Really, truly; with great confidence in sincere earnestne . "I verily did think That her old gloves were on." Shakesp.: As You Like It , iv. 3. [Latin ver is i mil is , from věr-i-sim-Il-ar, a. ver us=true, and similis like.] Having the appearance of truth; probable, likely. "How verisimilar it looks." -Carlyle: Miscell ., vi. 69. věr-I-si-mil'-i-tüde, s . [Fr., from Lat. verisi militudo , from ver us true, and similitudo =similitude (q. v.).]. 1. The quality or state of being verisimilar; ap pearance of truth; probability, likelihood. "That proportion forms an e ential attribute of truth, and consequently of verisimilitude , or that which renders a narration probable." -Scott : Life of Swift , § 6. 2. That which is verisimilar; that which has the appearance of fact. *věr-I-si-mil-1-ty, s . [Lat. ver is i mil is = probable.] Verisimilitude, probability. "As touching the verisimility or probable truth of this relation."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. iii., ch. xxi. *věr-i-sim-Il-ous, a . [Lat. ver is i mil is .] [VERISIMILAR.] Having the appearance of truth; probable, verisimilar. "Supported by verisimilous and probable reasons." White. (Todd.) věr'-It-a-ble, *ver-yt-a-ble, a . [Fr., from Lat. ver us true. 1. Agreeable to truth or fact; true, real, genuine. "Indeed! is 't true? Most veritable ; therefore look to 't well." IMG:content-0462.png:[blocks in formation] věr-i-tăs, s. [Fr.) A register of shipping established in Paris on the principle of the English Lloyds. Commonly called the Bureau Veritas.