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Definition of Very Reverend
Very Reverend Very Ver"y, a. [Compar. Verier; superl. Veriest.] [OE.
verai, verray, OF. verai, vrai, F. vrai, (assumed) LL.
veracus, for L. verax true, veracious, fr. verus true; akin
to OHG. & OS. w[=a]r, G. wahr, D. waar; perhaps originally,
that is or exists, and akin to E. was. Cf. Aver, v. t.,
Veracious, Verdict, Verity.]
True; real; actual; veritable.
Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. --Gen. xxvii.
21.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
--Prov. xvii.
9.
The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
--Milton.
I looked on the consideration of public service or
public ornament to be real and very justice. --Burke.
Note: Very is sometimes used to make the word with which it
is connected emphatic, and may then be paraphrased by
same, self-same, itself, and the like. ``The very hand,
the very words.' --Shak. ``The very rats instinctively
have quit it.' --Shak. ``Yea, there where very
desolation dwells.' --Milton. Very is used
occasionally in the comparative degree, and more
frequently in the superlative. ``Was not my lord the
verier wag of the two?' --Shak. ``The veriest hermit
in the nation.' --Pope. ``He had spoken the very
truth, and transformed it into the veriest falsehood.'
--Hawthorne.
Very Reverend. See the Note under Reverend.