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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. often used as intensifiers;
- Example: "a regular morass of details"
- Example: "a regular nincompoop"
- Example: "he's a veritable swine"
[syn: regular(a), veritable(a)]

2. not counterfeit or copied;
- Example: "an authentic signature"
- Example: "a bona fide manuscript"
- Example: "an unquestionable antique"
- Example: "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
[syn: authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Veritable \Ver"i*ta*ble\, a. [F. v['e]ritable. See Verity.]
   Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.
   "The veritable Deity." --Sir W. Hamilton. -- Ver"i*ta*bly,
   adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

veritable
    adj 1: often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of
           details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable
           swine" [syn: regular(a), veritable(a)]
    2: not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona
       fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs
       taken in a veritable bull ring" [syn: authentic, bona
       fide, unquestionable, veritable]