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VERIFICATORY. 129 VERILY.
Verificatory (veTifik/i:t3ri), a. [f, as prec,
+ -ORV-.] That verifies; having the proj>erty of
verifying; of the nature of, serving as, a verification.
1834 Frasers Ma^. X. 362 There is nothing new under the
sun—an observation which Is indeed verificatory of itself.
1870 J. H. Newman Gram. Assent 11. viii. 297 Syllogism has
no part, even verificatorj', in the action of my mind. 1875
W.Jackson Bampton Led. 156 The evidence becomes
accumuladve, or, if you please, verificatory.
Verified (ve-rifaid),///. a. [f. as next + -edI.]
Proved to be true by verification.
1594 Carew Hunrtes Exam. Wits Proem to Rdr. ii, By
this example of our first parents, .it is a verifyed conclusion,
that he infused the lesser portion [of wisdom] into her. 1911
Edin. Rev, Oct. 281 To lay down principles .. as a basis
or verified induction.
(ve-rifaijaj). [f. Verify z;. + -er.]
Verifier
1. One who verifies, in various senses.
In quot. 1718 a translation of the Arabic title of Abubekir.
1648 Hexham ii, Een waer'ftiaker^ a Verifier, or a Maker
good. 1718 OcKLEV Saracens II. 355 Then the Verifier
succeeded him with the good liking of the Muslemans. 1736
AlNSWORTH I, A verifier, confirvtator, assertor. 1865
Reader No. 141. 283/2 Valued by some verifier of the past.
1^ Mrs. Lvsn Linton Chris. Kirkiandll. \i\. 223 Who
will keep the keeper ? and who will verify the verifier?
2. techn. In the names of tools or devices (see
quots.).
x88i Raymond Mining Gloss.^ Verifier, a tool used in deep
boring for detaching and bringing to the surface portions of
the wall of the bore-hole at any desired depth, 1934 Knight
Did. Midi. Suppl. 394 Gas verifier^ an apparatus intended
to verify whether the gas comes up to a given standard.
Veid^ (verifai), v. Forms : 4-6 veryfy, 5
-fye, Sc. -^^TgiYy 6 veryfle ; 4-7 verifle (5, 7
verrifle}, 6 verifye, 5- verify (4 ferify); 4-6
verefy (5 -efFSr, 6 Sc. vare-, warefy), verefye
(6 Sc. werafye), 5-6 verefie. [ad. OF. verifier
(1348; = mod. F.Z'/ryf^r, Sp., Pg., Pr. z'^ryf^ar, It.
verificare)y ad. med.L. virificdre^ f. L. vcj^is true.]
1. trans. Law, To prove by good evidence or
valid testimony ; to testify or affirm formally or
upon oath. Also const, that, and to with inf.
a 13*5 [see Verifying vbl. sb.'\. c 1450 Godstow Reg. 658
fThe abbess appeared, denying] J>at she leuied or causid
ony noiinge or turnid ony course of watur as hit was pre.
sentid afore, & ^at she is a-redi to verifie. c X48S in Ca!.
ProcChancQ. Eliz. (1830) II. Pref. 65 Alle whiche maters
the seid Richard is redy to verifie and prove, as this court
woU awarde. 1533-4 ^eir execuiiones upon oath. [1768 Blackstonic
Comnt. 111. 312 In any stage of the pleadings, when either
side advances or affirms any new mailer, he usually, .avers
it to be true; 'and this he is ready to verify '.] 1786 Burki:
iV. Hastings Wks. Xll. 192 The said charge to be verified
by the oath of the said Frazer. 1838 W. Bell Diet. Law
Scot. 1028 He mu.st be prepared with a cautioner, .at giving
in his defences, unless ne mstantly verify a defence excluding
the action. 1884 Law Times Rep. 10 May 320 The
Court, .ordered that the receiver should withdraw and verify
his accounts by af&davit.
b. In general use : To testify to, to assert, to
affirm or confirm, as true or certain. Now rare.
1515 Ld. Berners Froiss, II. cc. 252 b/2 The landes,
seignories,tordshippes, and baronyesin Acquytayne, whiche
they verifyed to pertayi;ne to the kynge and rcalme of
Knglande. 1586 Day Eng. Secretary 11. {1625) 20 Him,
whose approued fidelity for that it rcmaineth of no small
record to my cerlaine knowledge, I will presume to verifie.
1600 Holland Li7>y xxxix. xUx. 1054 At first the tidings
seemed so incredible, that the furmost messenger was held
..for a vaine lyar..: but after that there came one after
another, and all with one voice verefied and affirmed the
same. 1608 1'opsell Serpents 19 So that it may as truly be
verified of the Serpent as it was of Esau, that the hands of
all men and beastes are against them. 16x7 Morvson Itin.
I, 239 This Novice at his confession made this knowne and
after verified as much to the Guardian and chiefe Friars.
1866 Mf.reditii Viltoria xxxix, 'Does Major Weisspriess
know it to be true?* The question came from Anna.
Weisspriess coolly verified it, on the faith of a common
servant's communication,
C. To support or back up by testimony.
1607 Shaks. Cor. v. ii. 17, I haue euer verified my Friends
. . with all the size that verily would without lapsing suff'er.
2. To show to be true by demonstration or evid-
ence; to confirm the truth or authenticity of; to
substantiate ; a. Of persons. Now rare,
CX386 Chalcer Can. Veom. Prol. «V T. 515 As witnessen
thise olde wyse; And tliat ful soone I wol it verifie In this
Chanon. 1406 HoccLEvE La Male Regie 35
* Pro^peritee
is biynd' ;. .And verifie I can wel it is so. i:i4«5 Audklav
XI Pains Hell 211 in O. E. Misc. 217 In er)>, J»e fyndis
J>em verefyd, [The soul] Dispisid godis laus euerechon. c 1500
Melusine i. 16 Be nac you displesed yf I haue recounted
vnto you this auenture, For it is for to adiouste more of
feyth, & for to veryfy thistory. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot.
(Rolls) 1 1. 250 This suith example . . I verifie ma richt Weill
be the Britis. 158a Bentley Mon. Matrones III. 286
Verifie I^rd the words on me, drawe me after thee, 1595
Shaks. John 11. i. 277, I bring you Witnesses Twice fiftecne
Vol. X.
thousand hearts of Englands breed,.. To verifie our title
with their Hues. 1627 Lisander ^ Cal. v. 87 [He] only
desired to cleer so dangerous a suspicion, and never to
speake of it but when he could verifie it. 1671 Milton
P. R. I. 133 Gabriel this day by proof thou shalt behold
, . how I begin To verifie that solemn message late, On
which 1 sent thee. 178a J. Brown View Nat. f^ Rev. Relig.
V. ii, 430 The covenant-form of this law is not changed
and God hath verified it in the., dreadful sufferings of his
only begotten Son. z8a8 Webster s.v., 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.
I 1596
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b. Of things, or in passive.
c 1449 Pecock Repr. \, x. 53 Therfore neuer neither of tho
ij. textis . . serueth neither forto grounde neither forto verrifie
the seid firste opinioun. c 1475 Mankind () in Macro Plays
I pat may be seyde & veryfyede : mankynde was dere
bought. 1508 Kennedee Flyiin^ w. Dunbar 354 In to thy
mowisand mokis It may be verjfeit that thy wit is thin. 1560
Daus ir. Sleidane'sCOf>im. 150 If this myght be verefied of us
in dede, it were.. detestable to be heard of. 15B3 Stocker
Civ. IVarres Loive C, u. 63 The prince greatly marueileth
that such great learned men,. would set downe and propound
such matters, as neuer'can nor shalbe any way verified.
1651 HoBBES Leviath. 11. xxvi. 142 The knowledge
of the publique Registers, publique Counsels, publique
Ministers, and publique Scales; by which all Lawes are
sufficiently verified. 1756 Mitchell in ElHs Orig. Lett.
Ser. II. IV. 376 All which has been verified by the examination
of the persons in whose company he was. 1849 Macau*
LAY Hist. Eng. V. I. 629 The strongest evidence by which
the fact of a death was ever verified. 1876 Mozley Univ.
Serm. iti. (1877) 55 The same scene of action which brought
the rational expectation brings also the event which tests
and verifies the correctness of it,
3. In passive : To be proved true or correct by
the result or event, or by some confirming fact or
circumstance; to be fulfilled or accomplished in
this way.
1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 213 So J>at now beeb ferified
be vers J»at Hildebertus . . made, c 1400 Maundev.
(Roxb.) xxxiv. 154 t>us es J>e prophecy verified. 1456 Sir
G. Have Laxo Arms (S,T.S.) 10 That is ane office ofane
angel, to.. bring the hye new tydingis, thequhilk is verifyit
be the haly writt. 1462-3 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 268 Scripture
saithe heritage holdyn wrongfully Schal never cheve..
As halhe be verified late ful playne. x^n Prose Life Si.
Brandan (Percy) 49 Than the sayenge of Saynt Brandon
was veryfyed. \^ Maplet Gr. Forest 38 The old Prouerbe
is herein verified : the ill weede ouercroppeth the
good come, 1631 Gouge Gods Arro%vs iii. §6, 192 The
like bath been verified time after time. 1667 Milton P. L.
X. 182 So spake this Oracle, then verifi'd When Jesus,. Saw
Satan fall like Lightning down from Heav'n. 1736 Butler
Anal, I. vi. Wks. 1874 I. 123 This reasoning from fact is
confirmed, and . . verified, by other facts. 1799 Ht- Lee
Canterb. 7"., Frenchm. T, (ed. 2) I. 221 Of these doubts one
only was verified. i8zs H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. x. Professions
lavishly eff'used and parsimoniously verified are..
inconsistent. 1852 Miss Yonge Cameos I. xxxiv. 286 The
Pope's suspicions were verified. 1875 Jowett Plata (ed. 2)
IV. 226 The picture., is verified in the course of the dialogue.
b. Const. /«, o/y on, or upon.
1387-8 T. UsK Test. Love i, i. (Skeat) 1. 71 God graunt
that proposicion to be verifyed in me. a x^oo Apol. Loll.
(Camden) 8 And be pope isPetir's vicar, ^erfor it be howfi|>
to trowe l>at t»is feij> is vcrifi^ed of him. 1456 Sir G. Have
Law Arms (S.T.S.) 4 The prophecyes. .be verifyit in jour
maist noble and worthy princehede, 1530 Rastell BA:
Purgat. I. vii, Everythynge in the world is verefyed upon
one of them. 1577 Northurooke Dicing (1843) 153 And as
this was spoken of the Phariseys, I feare me it may be likewise
verified in vs. 1597 Hooker Eccl. Pal. \. Ixix. § 2
That which is vttered of the time, is not verified of lime
tt setfe, but agreeth vnto those things which are in time.
c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) I. 242 If ne doth, I fear it will
be verified in him, that a * fool and his money is soon
parted '. 1719 I-)e Foe Crusoe il (Globe) 387 It is true, they
..made Fences j but Solomon's Words were never better
verified than in them. 1768 Sterne Sent. Jourtt.^ Dwarf
1. 191, I. .content myself with the truth only of the remark,
which 13 verified in every lane and by.lane of Paris.
c. Used actively of the circumstances, person,
etc., serving as proof or confirmation.
c 1430 Hymns Virg. 127 For soth then y sobbed Veryfyyng
tnys wordys. c 1450 Mirk's Festiat 152 The f>Tst
[cause] ys, forto verefy fe fay)> of his resurreccyon, 1530
P.vLSGB. 765/2 He hath nowe verifyed my sayenges. 1598
Bakcklkv Felic. Man 11. (1603) 72 The lemple fell downe
and verified the answere of the oracle. 1631 Gouge Goii^s
Arrows i. §25. 37 The issue verifieth thus much, 1659
Milton Touching Hirelings o A voice [was] heard from
heaven.. cryiug aloud, This c(ay is poison pourd into the
church. Which the event soon after verifi'd. 1671 — P. R.
Ill, 177 So shall thou best fullfil, best verifie The Prophets
old, who sung thy endless raign. 1785 Trusler Mod. Times
III. 47 The case of Wheble, the bookseller, verifies this
assertion, i860 Tvndall Glac- 11. xv. 308 The measurements
of Agassiz.. completely verify the anticipations of
Rendu. 1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xiii. 229 The people
themselves did verify this pregnant saying of the Lord by
their own immediate conduct. ^
+ d. reji. To demonstrate or prove (oneself) to
be of a certain character. Ohs.
C1586 C'tess Pe.mbroke Ps. lxxvi. V, And so him self
[the Lord] most terrible doth verify, In terrifying kings.
Drayton Leg.y Dk. Normandie cxxxiv, Fortune..
Turned her sclfe, as shee away would flie,..As what she
was, her selfe to verifie.
4, To ascertain or test the accuracy or correct-
of (something), esp. by examination or by
comparison with known data, an original, or some
to check or correct in this way.
X5J7 R. Thorne in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 254 For this cause
; can be no certaine situation of that coast and Islands, till
this difference betwixt them be verified. 1559 W. Cunningham
Cosmogr, Glasse 162 When you will verifie your nedle
..you shall use the healpe of the Sunne, 1774 M. Mackenzie
Maritime Surv. u. i. 67 To verify these protracted
Distances, go to any of the Objects, as D, take the Hearing
of X and Y, to find if thty agree with the Protraction, 1796
H. Hunter tr. St.'Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 18 Let
us now proceed to verify the elongation of the Poles. 1802
Mar. Edgeworth Moral 7\, Forester, A Clerk, Hours.,
spent in casting up and verifying accounts, 18^ Ht.
Martineau Demeraraiii. 43, I have seen a calculation and
1 mean to verify it. 1848 H. H. Wilson Brit. India III.
237 Capt. Dillon was.. sent back., to verify the reported
existence of some of the survivors of the wreck. 187s
Chambers^s Jrnl. No, 133, 7 A set of instruments which
have been properly verified at Kew Observatory.
b. To establish by investigation.
x8oi Med. Jml. V. 386 A medical committee was
appointed to verify the phaenomena which precede, accom.
pany, and follow the Vaccine Inoculation. 1854 Badham
Halieut. 537 In reading over various poetic bills of fare
preserved by Athena;us, we have verified twenty-six species
in one Attic supper. 1880 UkrViUlll Aneurism ^2 If. .the
disease [be] verified as seated on the second or third part of
the subclavian vessel.
5. To give the appearance of truth to ; to cause
to appear true or authentic, rare.
1581 [see Verifying vbl. sb.\. 1768 H. Walpole Hist.
Doubts 99 All Henry's art and power could never verify
the cheat of Perkin. 1815 Scott Cuy M. xl, He assumed the
name and profession of his friend Dudley, having command
enough of the pencil to verify his pretended character to his
host of Allonby.
Hence Ve'rifying///. a.
1634 Wood Ne-w Ejig. Prosp, (1865) 61 A false asseveration
usually winneth more beleefe than two verifying
negatives can resettle. 1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xxiii.
412 An appendix, .of verifying deeds and documents. 1884
R. Burn in Athenasum 15 Nov. 630/3 Its [i. e. archaeology's]
verifying and corrective spirit in historical investigations.
Ve'riQriiLfiCi '^^^' ^^- Vebify t/. -h-ingI.]
t^*
The action of the vb. in various senses ; the prov-
i descryued
ing e/" something; verification.
a 132$ MS. Rawl. B. J20 fol. 47 b, Wan ha be? icleped to
uerehhinge, \>qxvl \>3X ^ulke i-voched weren in present.
c 1450 Mirk's Festiat 23 In verefiyng of thys thyng \>e fyrst
masse., begynnylh thus. 1561-j Reg. Privy Council Scot.
I. 196 Sik richtis..and documentis as thai will use for
verefying of thair content. 1581 Sidney Apot. Poetrie
(Arb.l 37 Zopirus. .fayned himselfe in exlreame disgrace of
his King: for verifying of which, he caused his own nose
and eares to be cut off. 1598 f lorio, Veri/icatione, a
verifying, an approouing, an auerring. 1633 Le Grvs tr.
/ 'elleius Paterc. 168 Catullus second to none in verifying
of the worke which he tooke in hand, a 1653 Binning Serm,
(1845) 480 For verifying whereof, We appeal to the Knowledge
of some Noblemen and Ministers. 1670 Milton
Hist. Eng. II. 79 The verifying of that true sentence, the
first shall be last. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey)) Verification,
a verifying^ or proving.
t VeTlfyment. Obs.~^ In 4 uerefiement.
[a. OF. verijiement : see Verify v, and -ment.]
Verification.
a 13*5 MS. Rawl. B. 520 fol. 47
5if b'll^e t^at is i-voched .
" wolle waranti Jje tenaunt ^:e forcseide uerefiement to ^^e
askare ne costumez no^t.
Ve-rigreen, U.S. slang, [f. Veby a. -h Green
a.'\ A very simple or gullible person.
1854 i" ^^- Johnson //•''. L. Garrison am [sc. the
apostles] openly, How |>ai sa;e crist & with him spake,
on-liue ful verraily. c 1340 Hami-ole Pr. Consc. 9239 pe
nerrer bat ^jai sal hym be, pe verreylyer J>ai sal hym se.
1387 Tkevisa Higden{Ro\U) I. 177 So l^at ^>e raj^er welles
beet> now but lakes, ol>er more vereyliche dreye chanels wij*
oute watir. 1:1400 Maundev. (Roxb.) xv. 70 pe whilk.,
me ^e maners of oJ>er cuntrees, .als graythely
and als verraily as J)ai had bene euer ;it dwelland in )»am.