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Veridical — Ve*rid ic*al, a. [L. veridicus; verus true + dicere to say, tell.] Truth telling; truthful; veracious. [R.] Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
veridical — I adjective authentic, bona fide, genuine, honest, inartificial, legitimate, natural, real, sincere, true, truth telling, truthful, uncounterfeited, unfaked, unficticious, unperjured, unpretending, unsynthetic, veracious, verifiable II index bona … Law dictionary
veridical — [və rid′i kəl] adj. [< L veridicus, speaking the truth < verus, truth + dicere, to speak: see VERY & DICTION] 1. truthful; veracious 2. corresponding with reality or facts veridicality [və rid′ikal′ə tē] n … English World dictionary
veridical — adjective Etymology: Latin veridicus, from verus true + dicere to say more at very, diction Date: 1653 1. truthful, veracious < tried…to supply…a veridical background to the events and people portrayed Laura Krey > 2. not illusory ; genuine < it… … New Collegiate Dictionary
veridical — adjective a) True. Few believe that all claimed religious experiences are veridical. b) Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality; as opposed to … Wiktionary
veridical — Truthful. A veridical perception is one that represents things as they are, contrasted with an illusory or even delusory one that does not … Philosophy dictionary
veridical hallucination — The term veridical hallucination is indebted to the Latin adjective veridicus, which means truthful or speaking the truth. It has two broad sets of connotations. In the first place, it is used as a synonym for the terms *true hallucination, *… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
veridical apparition — The term veridical apparition is indebted to the Latin adjective veridicus, which means truthful or speaking the truth. It is used in the paranormal literature to denote an * apparition whose presence can allegedly be corroborated empirically … Dictionary of Hallucinations
veridical hallucination — noun : a hallucination corresponding to a real event (as when the apparition of an image of an absent person is coincident with his death) * * * veridical hallucination, a hallucination coincident with, corresponding to, or representing real… … Useful english dictionary
veridical — veridicality, n. veridically, adv. /veuh rid i keuhl/, adj. 1. truthful; veracious. 2. corresponding to facts; not illusory; real; actual; genuine. Also, veridic. [1645 55; < L veridicus (ver(us) true + i I + dicus speaking) + AL1] * * * … Universalium
