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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as veridical.

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Examples

  • To paraphrase Said, these efforts can never be “veridic”—meaning genuine.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • To paraphrase Said, these efforts can never be “veridic”—meaning genuine.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • There were pictures of other artists whom the recondite would have recognized as "movie" stars, amazing yet veridic stories of whose wealth Lise read in the daily press: all possessed limousines -- an infallible proof, to Lise, of the measure of artistic greatness.

    The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • There were pictures of other artists whom the recondite would have recognized as "movie" stars, amazing yet veridic stories of whose wealth Lise read in the daily press: all possessed limousines -- an infallible proof, to Lise, of the measure of artistic greatness.

    The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909

  • There were pictures of other artists whom the recondite would have recognized as "movie" stars, amazing yet veridic stories of whose wealth Lise read in the daily press: all possessed limousines -- an infallible proof, to Lise, of the measure of artistic greatness.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • For him the conception of Satan was a blasphemous fiction, devised by Adonaïte priestcraft to obscure the veridic lustre which inheres in the angel of the morning-star; but this view represented, as it is said, rather the private opinion of the Masonic pontiff, impressed by his strong personality on the lodges he controlled, and propagated by the instruction of his rituals.

    Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899

  • Thicknesse there is no manner of doubt; he has written himself down; he is the veridic and positive embodiment of the type.

    Impressions and Comments Havelock Ellis 1899

  • Emmerich upon the Passion, though comparatively attenuated, approached this ideal of supernatural realism and of veridic and exsurrected life.

    Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877

  • "In any case," he returned, "you will admit that these theories can be upheld, especially that of the elementals, which, setting Satanism aside, seems the most veridic, and certainly is the most clear.

    Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877

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