Vertu, old spelling of virtue.—adj. Ver′tuous (Spens.), possessing virtue or power.
Vertumnus, ver-tum′nus, n. an ancient Roman divinity of gardens and orchards, a spring god.
Verulamian, vėr-ū-lā′mi-an, adj. of or pertaining to St Albans, or Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St Albans (1561-1626). [L. Verulamium, an ancient British city near the site of St Albans.]
Veruled, ver′ōōld, adj. (her.) ringed, as a horn, in a different tincture.—n. Ver′ules (her.), a bearing consisting of a series of concentric rings, one within another. [Virole.]
Vervain, ver′vān, n. a plant of the genus Verbena—credited with efficacy in love-philtres, good against witches, &c. [O. Fr. verveine—L. verbēna.]
Verve, verv, n. the enthusiasm which animates a poet or artist: animation: energy. [Fr.]
Vervelle, ver-vel′, n. the loop that secured the camail in medieval armour. [Fr.]
Vervels, verv′elz, n.pl. small rings attached to the ends of the jesses of a hawk, through which the leash is passed that fastens the hawk to its block.—adj. Verv′elled. [Fr. vervelle.]
Vervet, ver′vet, n. a South African monkey.
Very, ver′i, adj. true (now used chiefly in an intensive sense): real (so in B.): actual—sometimes used in superlative form Ver′iest.—adv. in a high degree.—In very deed, of a truth, certainly. [Older form veray—O. Fr. verai (Fr. vrai), from L. verax, veracis, speaking truly—verus, true; cf. Ger. wahr.]