Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VERD'UR-OUS, a.

Covered with green; clothed with the fresh color of vegetables; as, verdurous pastures. – Philips.

VER'E-CUND, a. [L. verecundus.]

Bashful; modest. [Not much used.] – Wotton.

VER-E-CUND'I-TY, n.

Bashfulness; modesty; blushing. [Not in much use.]

VERGE, n. [verj; Fr.; It. verga, L. virga, a rod, that is, a shoot.]

1. A rod, or something in the form of a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; the mace of a dean. – Swift.
2. The stick or wand with which persons are admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. On this account, such tenants are called tenants by the verge. – Cyc. England.
3. In law, the compass or extent of the king's court, within which is bounded the jurisdiction of the lord steward of the king's household; so called from the verge or staff which the marshal bears. – Cowell.
4. The extreme side or end of any thing which has some extent of length; the brink; edge; border; margin. [This seems to be immediately connected with the L. vergo.]
5. Among gardeners, the edge or outside of a border; also a slip of grass adjoining to gravel-walks, and dividing the from the borders in the parterre-garden.
6. A part of time-piece.

VERGE, v.i. [L. vergo.]

1. To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
2. To tend; to incline; to approach. I find myself verging to that period of life which is to be labor and sorrow. – Swift.

VERG'ER, n.

1. He that carries the mace before the bishop, dean, &c. – Farquhar. Cyc.
2. An officer who carries a white wand before the justices of either bench in England. – Cyc.

VERG'ING, ppr.

Bending or inclining; tending.

VER'GOU-LEUSE, n.

A variety of pear; contracted to vergaloo.

VE-RID'IC-AL, a. [L. veridicus; verus and dico.]

Telling truth. [Not used.]

VER'I-FI-A-BLE, a. [from verify.]

That may be verified; that may be proved or confirmed by incontestable evidence. – South.

VER-I-FI-CA'TION, n. [Fr. See Verify.]

The act of verifying or proving to be true; the act of confirming or establishing the authenticity of any powers granted, or of any transaction, by legal or competent evidence.

VER'I-FI-ED, pp.

Proved; confirmed by competent evidence.

VER'I-FI-ER, n.

One that proves or makes appear to be true.

VER'I-FY, v.t. [Fr. verifier; L. verus, true, and facio, to make; G. wahr, D. waar, W. gwir, pure, true, ether, purity; gwiraw, to verify.]

1. To prove to be true; to confirm. This is verified by a number of examples. – Bacon.
2. To fulfill, as a promise; to confirm the truth of a prediction; to show to be true. The predictions of this venerable patriot have been verified. – Gen. xiii. 1 Kings viii.
3. To confirm or establish the authenticity of any thing by examination or competent evidence. The first act of the house of representatives is to verify their powers, by exhibiting their credentials to a committee of the house, or other proper authority. – United States.

VER'I-FY-ING, ppr.

Proving to be true; confirming; establishing as authentic.

VER'I-LY, adv. [from very.]

1. In truth; in fact; certainly.
2. Really; truly; with great confidence. It was verily thought the enterprise would succeed.

VER-I-SIM'I-LAR, a. [L. verisimilis; verus, true, and similis, like.]

Having the appearance of truth; probable likely. – White.

VER-I-SIM-IL'I-TUDE, n. [L. verisimilitudo.]

The appearance of truth; probability; likelihood. Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. – Glanville.

VER-I-SIM-IL'I-TY, n.

for Verisimilitude, is not in use.

VER'I-TA-BLE, a. [Fr.]

True; agreeable to fact. [Little used.] – Shak.

VER'I-TA-BLY, adv.

In a true manner. [Not in use.]

VER'I-TY, n. [Fr. verité; L. veritas, from verus, true; W. gwirez; Sans. wartha.]

1. Truth; consonance of a statement, proposition or other thing to fact. 1 Tim. ii. It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised. – South.
2. A true assertion or tenet. By this it seems to be a verity. – Davies.
3. Moral truth; agreement of the words with the thoughts. – Johnson.

VER'JUICE, n. [Fr. verjus, that is, verd jus, the juice of green fruits.]

A liquor expressed from wild apples, sour grapes, &c. used in sauces, ragouts and the like. It is used also in the purification of wax for candles, in poultices, &c. – Cyc.

VER'MEIL, n. [See VERMILION.]

VER-ME-OL'O-GIST, n. [infra.]

One who treats of vermes.