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VEBAMENT.<br />
Rel^. (1850) I. 386 Were the tradition of the Scriptures'<br />
antiquity and veracity not enough. 1755 Lloyd in Connoisitnr<br />
No. 75. 434 The veracity of these posthumous encomiums<br />
'nay, indeed, be fairly su-^pectcd. 1803 Edwin \.<br />
vi. 89 The baind of warriors no longer doubting the veracity<br />
of his words. 1843 G. S. FabeTr Eight Dissert. * Specific Informant [i.e. scientific<br />
ment] needs to have its veracity put to the tesL<br />
instru-<br />
4. That which is irae ; a truthful statement ; a<br />
truth.<br />
i8$2 F. \V. Robertson Serm. Ser. in. xvi. (1857) 204 It is<br />
possible for a man to utter veracities and yet to be false to<br />
himself and 10 his God. 1867 Stubbs Study Met f^ Mod.<br />
Nisi. (18861 18 A world whose falsehoods and veracities are<br />
separated by so very thin a barrier.<br />
6. Comb.y as veracity-assuring^ ^serving.<br />
i8M-ia Bestham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 194<br />
According as . . the force of. . the veracity-insuring . . motives<br />
is the strongest. Ibid, 282 V^eracity-serving information, information<br />
considered as a source of truth.<br />
Verade, variant of Ferred Obs,<br />
Verai, ol>5. form of Verv a.<br />
t VeTament, fl'^z'. Obs. Forms: a. 4 vere-,<br />
4--6 verrement (4 verree-). &. 4-6 vera-, 4-5<br />
verra-, 5 Sc. werrament. [ad. AF. veirement<br />
(cf. moi. Walloon v^remeni), = OF. voirement<br />
(slill in dial, use), f, veirj voir :— L. verus true.<br />
The 3-forms may be partly due to the influence of<br />
verraiment Vebimbnt.] Really, truly ; « Vebi-<br />
MEUT adv.<br />
Freq. c 1330-c 1560, esp. in ^-form, often as a mere tag or<br />
rime-word.<br />
a. 1303 R. Brun.ne Handl. Syiine 651 5yf ^>ou wene J»at<br />
vcrcment, Hyt ys a^ens J>ys comaundement. cx^^^Siec.<br />
Gy lVa>~iv. Ztj pu shalt fonge verreement pare Jji rihle<br />
iugement. ^1400 T.Chestre ZaK^//^//485 Manyaknyght,<br />
verement, To ground was ibore. a 1450 Mvhc Par. Pr.<br />
390 These t>re poyntes verement Nowl>er schale do, hot<br />
Dol>e assent. 15.. W. Bkoi^n in Bannatyne MS. (Hunt.<br />
CI.) 138/6 With havy hairt and inekle dreid I red the scrip-<br />
tour verement.<br />
p. c 1323 Lai le Freine 255 He . . bad<br />
his man sigge, verra-<br />
ment, He schuld toward a tum.iment. c 1386 Chaucer 6";r<br />
Thopas 2 Listeneth, lordings, in good entent, And I wol<br />
tell you verament Of mirth and of solas. 1436 Auoelav<br />
Poems 6 Fore ihou art bouiiden, go were thou goo,. .Ther<br />
is no mon may hit unuoo Bot he be cursid verament. c 1460<br />
7o!Vfw/ey Mysi. iiL 6 The son, the moyne, verament, Thou<br />
maide. a 1310 Douglas K. Hart ii. 470 Go send for Deid,<br />
thus said he verament. 1561 Queen Esther A iij b, In their<br />
mynde they thyncke verament That either for riches &<br />
honour lustis will doe. («z6o6 N. Baxter Siduey^s Ourania<br />
D4 b, Yet not in any sort colour verament For no colours<br />
hath the starrie firmament. 1611 in CotyaVs Crudities<br />
PanegjT. Verses, He did his homage verament And salued<br />
them each one.<br />
b. Quasi-i^^. /;/ verament^ — prec,<br />
c 1450 Son^s, CarolSf etc. (1907) i. xi. 3 In this tyme God<br />
hath sent Hys own Son. .To dwell with vs in verament.<br />
C1470 Henry Wallace ix. 1208 It is for gud at he is fra us<br />
went; It sail ye se, trast weill, in werrament. £'1550<br />
RoLLANi) Crt. Venus 1. 763 [They] deput ane to gif diffinitiue<br />
.\nswer agane. .Quhilk Lady hecht Themis in verament.<br />
1599 Nashe Lenten Stuff ^IV^. (Grosart) V. 247 In<br />
erament and sincerity, I neuer crouded through this confluent<br />
herring faire.<br />
Veranda, verandah (vcrse-nda). F(jrms<br />
a, 8- veranda (8 -do, -der). j3. 8- verandah.<br />
7. 8-9 viranda, -dah (8 -do, -der). 5. 8 feranda,feerandah,<br />
verunda,voranda, 8-9varanda,<br />
9 varhandah. [Originally introduced from India,<br />
where the word is found in several of the native<br />
languages, as Hindi varandd^ Bengali barandii^<br />
mod. Skr. baranda, but appears to be merely an<br />
adoption of l*g. and older Sp. varanda {baranda)<br />
railing, balustrade, balcony. F. veranda appears<br />
to have been adopted from English.<br />
^ The evidence for the origin of the word is fully presented<br />
in Yule and Burnell's Hobson-Jobson. The supposition lliat<br />
it was native to India accounts for some of the spellings<br />
placed under t.\<br />
1, An open portico or light roofed galle»y extending<br />
along the front (and occas. other sides) of<br />
a dwelling or other building, freq. having a front<br />
of lattice-work, and erected chiefiy as a protection<br />
or shelter from the sun or rain.<br />
a. 1711 C. LOCKYER Ace. Trade India 20 The Building is<br />
very ancient, two Story high, and lias., two large Verandas<br />
or Piazzas. 1757 J. H. Grosk Voy. E. Indies 84 A penthouse<br />
or shed, that forms what is called in the Portuguese<br />
Lingua-franca ^Vra«rfaj, either round, or on particular sides<br />
of the house. 1793 Hodges Trav. India 39 These boats .<br />
are, however, extremely commodious, having in the center<br />
a small verander, or open portico. x866 Lowell Biglmi><br />
P. Introd., Poems (1890) II. 201 The Captain was walking<br />
up and down the veranda of a country tavern in Massachusetts<br />
while the coach changed horses. 1884 J. Gii.mour<br />
Mongols xxvii, 325 A crowd of women . . take their stand in<br />
the veranda of a temple.<br />
/5. 1800 Asiai. Ann. Reg. "s^^l^. All around is a wide<br />
verandah, containing ranges of cells. 1808 Eleanor Sleath<br />
118<br />
Bristol Heiress V. 208 Emma, .advanced to meet Lady<br />
I Castelton as she quitted her chair at the verandah. 1859<br />
L. Oliphant China
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