veracity

[Latin veracitas, from verax = veracious (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being truthful or observant of truth; habitual regard or observance of truth; truthfulne , truth. "His veracity and unchangeablene secure our trust in him."-Clarke: Evidences, prop. 1. 2. Consistency of report with truth or fact; agreement with facts; truth. "There was no reason to doubt the veracity of those facts which they related."- Add is on . *3. That which is true; that in which truth lies; truth. ( Carlyle .) *ve-ra-ment, adv . [O. Fr. veraiment .] [VERY.] Truly, really. 4395 vě-răn'-da, vě-răn-dah, *fe-ran da, s . [Port. var and a a balcony: O. Sp. bar and a , from vara = a rod; or from Pers. bar - ámad ah =a porch, a terrace, a balcony, from bar - ámad an to ascend, to arise, to emerge, to grow out, from bar =up, and amadan to come, to arrive; or from Sansc. var and a a portico, from vri =to cover.] An open portico attached to a house; a sort of light external gallery in the front of a house, having a sloping roof supported by slender pillars, and frequently partly enclosed in front with lattice-work. "Upper cro Cottage, with its veranda, French win. dows, and other prettine es." - Mi Austen: Persuasion, ch. v.