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véritable — [ veritabl ] adj. • 1188 sens 2; de vérité 1 ♦ (veritaule 1190) Vx (Personnes) (attribut ou après le nom) Qui dit la vérité, qui ne cherche pas à tromper. ⇒ sincère. « Pour vous montrer que je suis véritable » (Molière). 2 ♦ Vieilli Qui mérite l… … Encyclopédie Universelle
veritable — adj. de tout genre. Vray. Du veritable vin de Canarie. de veritable or. un veritable amy. Il signifie aussi, Qui contient verité. Ce discours est veritable. la relation veritable. histoire veritable. je vous garentis cela veritable. On dit, qu Un … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
veritable — featured prominently in English from the 15c to the 17c, and then fell out of use until it was revived as a Gallicism in the 19c with an intensive meaning ‘deserving its name’ (a veritable feast). In modern use it has a somewhat rhetorical or… … Modern English usage
veritable — Veritable, Cultor veritatis, Veridicus, Verax. Estre tousjours veritable, Veritatem retinere. Ne suis je pas veritable? Sum verus? … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Veritable — Ver i*ta*ble, a. [F. v[ e]ritable. See {Verity}.] Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine. The veritable Deity. Sir W. Hamilton. {Ver i*ta*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
veritable — late 15c., from Anglo French and O.Fr. veritable true, from verité (see VERITY (Cf. verity)) + able. Probably lost mid 17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830. Related: Veritably … Etymology dictionary
veritable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ genuine; properly so called (used to qualify a metaphor): a veritable price explosion. DERIVATIVES veritably adverb … English terms dictionary
veritable — [ver′i tə bəl] adj. [LME < OFr < verite,VERITY] being such practically or in effect [a veritable feast] veritably adv … English World dictionary
veritable — index absolute (conclusive), actual, authentic, candid, de facto, definite, documentary, genuine … Law dictionary
veritable — *authentic, genuine, bona fide Analogous words: actual, *real, true Antonyms: factitious … New Dictionary of Synonyms
veritable — [adj] authentic actual, bona fide, factual, for real*, genuine, indubitable, kosher*, legit*, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable, very; concept 582 Ant. fake, false, unreal … New thesaurus
