Vocabulary Word
Word: verity
Definition: quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
Definition: quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
Sentences Containing 'verity'
So far as what there may be of a narrative in this book; and, indeed, as indirectly touching one or two very interesting and curious particulars in the habits of sperm whales, the foregoing chapter, in its earlier part, is as important a one as will be found in this volume; but the leading matter of it requires to be still further and more familiarly enlarged upon, in order to be adequately understood, and moreover to take away any incredulity which a profound ignorance of the entire subject may induce in some minds, as to the natural verity of the main points of this affair.
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