Veracious

ve-ra's hus, a. Observant of truth habit- ually disposed to speak truth; truthful; characterized by truth; true. [L. verax, veraeis, truthful, ver us, true, credible; Zend, var, Ru6s. vierite, to believe, G. wahr, true, wahl, choice, L. velle, to will, choose, E. aver.] — Vera' ciously, adv.—Verac'- ity, -ras'Y-tY, n. State or quality of being veracious; habitual observance of truth truthfulne ; truth. [L. veracitas.] — Ver'y, ver'Y, a. True; real; actual. — adv. In a high degree to no small extent; exceedingly; exce ively. [ME. verra i, verrei, OF. vera i, F. vrai = L. ver us, true.] — Ver'ily, adv. In a true manner in truth in fact with great confidence; really; truly. — Verity, -Y-tY, n. Quality of being very true or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing to fact; a true a ertion or tenet; truth; certainty; reality; a urance. [F. verite", L. Veritas.] — Veritable, a. Agree- — able to truth or to fact; actual; real; true. [F.]