Defn: Flourishing, as in spring; vernal. [Obs.] "Vernant flowers."
Milton.
VERNATE
Ver"nate, v. i. Etym: [See Vernant.]
Defn: To become young again. [Obs.]
VERNATION Ver*na"tion, n. Etym: [F. vernation: cf. L. vernatio the sloughing of the skin of snakes.] (Bot.)
Defn: The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
VERNER'S LAW
Ver"ner's law. (Philol.)
Defn: A statement, propounded by the Danish philologist Karl Verner in 1875, which explains certain apparent exceptions to Grimm's law by the original position of the accent. Primitive Indo-European k, t, p, became first in Teutonic h, th, f, and appear without further change in old Teutonic, if the accent rested on the preceding syllable; but these sounds became voiced and produced g, d, b, if the accent was originally on a different syllable. Similarly s either remained unchanged, or it became z and later r. Example: Skt. sapta (accent on ultima), Gr. 'e`pta, Gothic sibun (seven). Examples in English are dead by the side of death, to rise and to rear.
VERNICLE
Ver"ni*cle, n.
Defn: A Veronica. See Veronica, 1. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
A vernicle had he sowed upon his cap. Chaucer.
VERNICOSE
Ver"ni*cose`, a. Etym: [See Varnish.] (Bot.)