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  • 51ver|ni|er — «VUR nee uhr, nihr», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a small movable scale for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale of astronomical, surveying, or other mathematical instruments to which it is attached; vernier scale. 2 …

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  • 52ver|ru|ca|no — «VEHR uh KAH noh», noun. Geology. a stratified conglomerate found in the Alps. ╂[< Italian verrucano < Mount Verruca, near Pisa, Italy] …

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  • 53ver|ru|ca — «veh ROO kuh», noun, plural cae « see». 1. Medicine. a wart. 2. Zoology. a wartlike growth or prominence. ╂[< Latin verrūca wart; excrescence on a stone] …

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  • 54ver|ru|ga — «veh ROO guh», noun. a Peruvian skin disease characterized by warty growths and often fatal, caused by a bacillus transmitted by the sand fly. ╂[< Spanish verruga peruviana < Latin verrūca; see etym. under verruca (Cf. ↑verruca)] …

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  • 55ver|si|fi|er — «VUR suh FY uhr», noun. 1. a person who makes verses; poet. 2. = poetaster. (Cf. ↑poetaster) …

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  • 56ver|si|fy — «VUR suh fy», verb, fied, fy|ing. –v.i. to make or compose verses: »Miss Arton can versify handsomely enough, and bring things to a happy finish where the necessity of passion does not prohibit sense (Atlantic). –v.t. 1. to tell in verse; deal… …

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  • 57ver|so — «VUR soh», noun, plural sos « sohz». 1. Printing. the back of a leaf in a manuscript or printed book; the left hand page of an open book. 2. the reverse side, as of a coin or medal. ╂[< Latin versō (foliō) a turned (leaf), ablative neuter of… …

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  • 58ver|tu — «vur TOO, VUR too», noun. = virtu. (Cf. ↑virtu) …

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  • 59ver·i·ly — /ˈverəli/ adv old fashioned : certainly or truly I verily believe that these accusations are false …

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  • 60ver·i·ty — /ˈverəti/ noun, pl ties [count] formal : something that is regarded as true usually plural one of the eternal verities of life …

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