1. Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian. The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious. Barrow.
2. Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative. The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one. Carlyle.
VERACIOUSLY
Ve*ra"cious*ly, adv.
Defn: In a veracious manner.
VERACITY
Ve*rac"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. véracité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.
VERANDA Ve*ran"da, n. Etym: [A word brought by the English from India; of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. vara, Pg. varanda, Sp. baranda, Malay baranda.] (Arch.)
Defn: An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia. The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda on the three sides of the inner court. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
VERATRALBINE
Ver`a*tral"bine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of
Veratrum album.